billswift comments on Punctuality - Arriving on Time and Math - Less Wrong

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Comment author: billswift 03 May 2012 09:05:30AM 9 points [-]

If you only allocate the exact amount of time to do something, you'll be late 50% of the time. That's the way bell curves work.

Minor nit, since you stated it correctly later, "the exact amount of time" should be "the average amount of time".