Randy_M comments on Rationality Quotes August 2013 - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Vaniver 02 August 2013 08:59PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 August 2013 09:20:45PM 15 points [-]

What I mean by this is that if you rolled a million dice, your chance of averaging 3.5 is much higher than if you rolled ten.

The chance of averaging exactly 3.5 would be a hell of a lot smaller. The chance of averaging between 3.45 and 3.55 would be larger, though.

Comment author: Randy_M 06 August 2013 07:49:37PM 6 points [-]

Your chance of averaging 3.5 to two significant figures seems quite high indeed, though.