Gregorech@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf I subscribe to the many worlds theory, every time I buy a lottery ticket one of me wins.message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down18
arrow-up1159arrow-down1message-squareIf I subscribe to the many worlds theory, every time I buy a lottery ticket one of me wins.Gregorech@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squarethenofootcanman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoBut surely the chance of “me” winning the lottery at least once is 1 if I play an infinite number of times
minus-squarerockstarpirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think that’s only true if the lottery numbers you end up with are truly the result of random selection in infinite universes.
minus-squarerockstarpirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think it’s one of those “probably close enough to random” type things. I found this: https://quantumbase.com/sse/lottery/
But surely the chance of “me” winning the lottery at least once is 1 if I play an infinite number of times
I think that’s only true if the lottery numbers you end up with are truly the result of random selection in infinite universes.
Is the lottery not random?
I think it’s one of those “probably close enough to random” type things. I found this: https://quantumbase.com/sse/lottery/