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47 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 November 2006 01:49AM

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Comment author: Doug_S. 30 January 2008 09:18:27PM 8 points [-]

Yet nine times out of ten the Enterprise is not destroyed. What kind of tragic fool gives four significant digits for a figure that is off by two orders of magnitude?

One who doesn't understand the Million To One Chance principle that operates in fictional universes. If the Star Trek universe didn't follow the laws of fiction, the Enterprise would have been blown up long ago. ;)

See also: Straw Vulcan

Comment author: [deleted] 31 January 2011 03:49:20AM 22 points [-]

Maybe in ninety-eight universes out of 100 it does blow up and we just see the one that's left; and he's actually giving an accurate number. :P

Comment author: shokwave 31 January 2011 01:00:02PM 38 points [-]

The TV show version of the anthropic principle: all the episodes where the Enterprise does blow up aren't made.

Comment author: Raemon 23 November 2011 06:52:14AM 7 points [-]

Except one.