Monday, May 10, 2010

Feynman on the Sharpshooter Fallacy

"You know the most amazing thing happened to me tonight as I was coming here to this lecture. You won't believe what happened when I passed through the parking lot. I saw a car with the license plate ARW 357. Can you imagine? Of all the millions of license plates in the state, what was the chance that I would see that particular one tonight? Amazing!"

This also sheds light on the Anthropic Principle.
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