Author: Matthias Wasser (---.qwest.ne)
Date: 05-30-2002 17:36
Your second law (that if the probability of A is p and the probability of B is q, then the probability of A and B happening is pq) only applies if the two events are not related - which is true, granted, in most dice systems, but it's still relevant. For example, if I give the event "Aliens will invade the Earth in the next fifty years" probability p and the event "Were all going to fucking die (not of old age)" probability q, then no matter how small p is, then the chance of both happening is significantly greater than pq.
Not to be nitpicky or anything. Just wanted to let my nerd juices flow.
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