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		BugsJustFindMe on Oct 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meterorite chunk crashes into house, bedroom, pill... > for one meteorite to almost hit a person, there must be many more There are, but "must" is not how probability works. Improbable things happen all the time without any respect for other more probable outcomes.

Koshkin on Oct 13, 2021 [–]

Except that other are not “more probable.” The probability of any horizontal four square feet getting hit by a meteorite is the same.

NoSorryCannot on Oct 13, 2021 | [–]

The empty squares are more probable because there are more of them.

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