But the result, while extraordinarily improbable, is ultimately possible.
#126 | Posted by Danforth
I was trying to remember the name of that fallacy/bias.
The example I always see is with cards, where the given chances of any sequence of a given number of cards (say 5) is extremely unlikely (for five cards, it's 1 out of 311, 875, 200). But yet, if you lay five cards randomly on a table, you've hit those odds.
"We are stardust" from the Woodstock song is literally true. That's where the material around us comes from. Burned up stars. To get elements heavier than iron, which are required for life, stars have to go supernova. The biology and the physics can't be denied on this front.
Years ago, the BBC released a program called Wonders of the Universe with Brian Cox that had an episode entitled Stardust that went into details about stellar fusion, its importance in our existence and, further, how supernova play a role in our day to day existence. Great series. Now that I remember it, I might have to dig out the DVD I have of it to watch with my son who is super into space right now.
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The elegance of the scientific method and what it has uncovered is amazing. I never see a reason to invoke God, just more time to continue puzzling things out.
Close your tags FFS.