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Is there statistical credibility to the idea that any one rare experience is unlikely to happen to any one person, but at least one rare experience is likely to happen to each person? (kbin.social)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/math

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I’m picturing the math as a very large set of bell curves where most people fall somewhere in the middle, but each person is likely to be an outlier on at least one.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I see, and I suppose if you index it by place/time it’s even more obvious that people are always experiencing unique things in a way so it’s true but kind of vacuous?