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Is who wants to be a millionaire just a game of luck?
I mean, there's 33.34% chance of being right unless the person happens to know the right answer, and lifelines can only get you so far into the game.
Let's say there are 15 questions with 4 choices each. Let's also say there are 3 lifelines: call-a-friend, 50-50, and ask-the-audience.
For each of the 15 questions, there is only 1 correct answer, and 3 incorrect answers, so immediately your chances are 1/3 = 33.34%. You can use each lifeline once. Using phone-a-friend, let's say gives you a 95% chance the person you call is correct. So 1 question is 95%. Similarly, we can say ask-the-audience gives you a 95% chance. Finally, 50-50 will remove 2 wrong answers, so you have 1 right answer and 1 wrong answer, so you basically know the answer. To recap:
Question 1: 33.34%
Question 2: 33.34%
Question 3: 33.34%
Question 4: 95% <--- ask-the-audience
Question 5: 33.34%
Question 6: 33.34%
Question 7: 33.34%
Question 8: 33.34%
Question 9: 95% <--- phone-a-friend
Question 10: 33.34%
Question 11: 33.34%
Question 12: 33.34%
Question 13: 33.34%
Question 14: 33.34%
Question 15: 100% <--- 50-50
Total: 690.08%
Divided by 15 questions = 46.00%
So basically, it's more a less a game of chance, but more than half the people on the show will lose, so it's not very fair. That show is making tons of money off of people.
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>>9136249
learn statistics and come back please.... P(A) and P(B) is P(A)*P(B) not sum / by amount of probabilities...
SAGE
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>>9136249
>1/3 = 33.34%
holy fuck im triggered by this
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Does /sci/ like it when he goes BEAST MODE?? 2017-08-29 12:45:20 Post No.9136223
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Does /sci/ like it when he goes BEAST MODE??
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This channel is so fucking dumb
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>>9136223
I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
AND BY SCIENCE I MEAN RELIGIOUSTARDs GETTING BTFO'D
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU7FuAswPW0
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>>9136223
shit like that is why I no longer tell ppl im athiest(heck im considering going back catholicism)
fucking cringe
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If both me and my partner have dyslexia, what happens to the offspring?
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>>9136202
Autism
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>>9136202
I have sex daily
I hate gingers
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>>9136216
>I have sex daily
I have dyslexia
>I hate gingers
I hate niggers
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>2017
>still no cure to Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst Syndrome (a.k.a. sneezing caused by looking at light)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex
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>>9136139
This isn't a real thing.
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>>9136139
I had no idea there was a name for this. I literally can't walk outside on a sunny day without sneezing two to three times. It's especially bad if I come out of a dark building then walk outside. Doesn't really bother me but everybody always thinks I'm sick.
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>>9136139
I fucking knew there was something wrong with this retard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e69XZJ9DEj0
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What does /sci/ want to be when they grow up?
If you are grown up, what did you become?
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>>9135907
I want to be a fire truck.
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>>9135907
Certainly not raped.
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How do I increase my task salience?
Right now, I have to be listening to fast music, and drinking caffeine/smoking to be able to do work uninterrupted.
I want to at least be able to do 4 hours of uninterrupted, solid work.
Pic is how bad my hand's sake after so much caffeine.
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how do these diagrams make things easier for you? i feel like some sort of equation would make this 100000 times easier to understand
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>>9135855
btw, I don't believe in ADHD, but been diagnosed with that.
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>>9135860
I'm a "visual" person, visualizing things make things easier.
Although, I also use equations.
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Is CS/Math major with MBA the ultimate degree?
I cant imagine anything better.
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>>9135811
and why would math and CS benefit each other
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>>9135811
>pic
Some of these average IQs look a bit high.
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>>9135811
Physics Masturbace
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>Chemistry I
>One week into semester
>Caught a cold
>Two Quizes on Dimensional Analysis, Sig Figs & Nomeclature
>Know I got 1 wrong because of a silly mistake, praying for partial credit for understanding dimensional analysis
>Other quiz I mixed up Percarbonate with Oxalate and didn't have a clue what the formula for Phthalate was.
>Beating myself up for not getting A's already
Should I just drop out now that I know im a brainlet?
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I failed my first and second gen chem I exams and have a PhD in chemistry. Just learn from your mistake.
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>>9135699
What is your grade like now? Are you working toward an eventual master's or PhD? Are you a freshman? Keep going until the the deadline to drop your class without affecting your GPA. Gen chem is easy peasy, if you are behind, catch up NOW, everything you will ever do in chemistry is based on the stuff you are learning now.
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>>9135699
No, your department probably curves the grades, I had an 80 average and got an A- as the final grade
Do they have more neurons? More synapse? Larger heads? How is it different?
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>>9135658
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism#Neuropsychology
Not hard to figure out yourself
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>>9135681
>>>/b/
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>>9135658
E/I balance contributes too apparently
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You really think someone would do that? Just publish a paper to tell lies?
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>>9135647
publish or perish
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What the hell am I looking at here?
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>>9136391
forging data
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hey I'm dumb, does positive blood cultures mean I'm gonna die? 2017-08-29 04:53:03 Post No.9135612
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hey I'm dumb, does positive blood cultures mean I'm gonna die?
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For the past week, I've been feeling really bad. Extreme migraine, nausea, and the feeling that I'm going to pass out. I have never felt so sick. I also feel really out of it. Kind of like a weed high, without the giggles.
Yesterday morning I went to the emergency room and they said my heart rate was 170 and I had very low blood pressure so they put me in a wheelchair and I don't remember much but the entire day several doctors and nurses were trying to figure out what was wrong with me, and this morning they discharged me with a letter telling my job that I should be back in a week. I still feel horrible, actually even worse.
An hour ago I got a call from one of the doctors telling me to come back immediately and that my blood cultures came back positive.
I'm sitting in an uber on the way to the hospital as I type this.
Am I dying? That makes me sad.
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Similar situation anon. Only difference for me.is I snap out of it for a bit. I felt amazing for an hour started laughing and giggling then it came back worse
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>>9135612
Positive for what? It could be any number of things
That said, you're definitely going to die
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>>9135612
What were your hopes and dreams...
at least pass the batton before you go...
:(
Well, what is it since Chemtards skipped 'i'?
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>>9135592
Alkune
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>>9135595
Please don't ever break our bond, al-kun
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>>9135598
Well played.
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How do you deal with Exams Stress? 2017-08-29 04:06:27 Post No.9135547
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How do you deal with Exams Stress?
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I'm a Yuropoor undergrad (2nd semester) and have an exam (Optics/Waves/Thermal Energy) in about 2 hours. How do you deal with the stress /sci/? It's always been driving me crazy, but these few years it's gotten worse. Any tips?
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Stop for a minute and breath. Think that you are gonna do it right, and then think of something you like to do, and think you are going to do that after the exam
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>>9135547
There's nothing to worry about. Either I did the work and understand the material, and will therefore be fine on the exam, or I didn't and don't so I'll earn a bad grade on the exam. Generally, one bad exam won't sink your chances of passing the course and a whole, so it's a good time to refocus how you're spending your time.
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Do people with bad eyesight dream with bad eyesight?
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Nope.
t. 20/600 in both eyes
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>>9135527
I don't, but I spend about 95% of my waking hours a day with corrected vision (contacts or glasses).
I'm not sure what the 20/x equivalent is but my contacts prescription is over -10
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>>9135587
this, the only time I ever take my glasses off is to take showers and sleep
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Meme physics, pseudoscience, and quackery general 2017-08-29 03:45:52 Post No.9135519
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Meme physics, pseudoscience, and quackery general
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Can /sci/ please redpill me on Structured Water?
I mean, in the sense of, my friend was telling me about it and actually fucking believe it. I countered his nonsensical arguments by insisting there were more important and relevant fringe theories to explore, namely, the flat earth theory.
What the fuck is wrong with people? What causes an otherwise intelligent person to fall for complete bull shit?
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>>9135519
It's true though. Check out this book called Life Force the Scientific Basis, it has over 1500 sources.
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>>9135525
I must add that structured water has only been proven to manifest from experienced hands such as Qigong masters. I've not seen credible evidence to suggest that devices can accomplish the same task.
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>>9135528
yeh water is structured cause it's slightly magnetic and it stays structured and retain memory even in a stochastic thermodynamic system. It must not change its structure when swallowed or moved around at all. Or when exposed to any heat. I'm sure it plays a significant role in cellular metabolism. Even if it did retain a structure it would be immediately fucking changed because of heat. God damn it all to fuck these are the same people that think microwaves are bad for you. Go take a lecture series on thermodynamics for fucks sake.