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Comment author: Nisan 20 October 2011 09:04:25AM 1 point [-]

An infinitessimally likely result will occur at least once in an infinite number of trials

Actually, it's not guaranteed that an unlikely thing will happen at all, if the instantaneous probability of that thing diminishes quickly enough over time.

Comment author: Logos01 20 October 2011 09:24:21AM 2 points [-]

I'm assuming a fixed probability of occurrance per trial, with an infinite number of trials.

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