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minus-squareIndescribablySad@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down1·2 days agoAh, so there are 3 options- discomfort, death, and nutrition. Therefore, every time you eat a fungus, you have a 1/3 chance of dying. Thanks for the info!
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoOh, you like math? Name all the numbers.
minus-squareRiceMunk@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·2 days agoTrue; some mold is actually medicine. Therefore you only have 1/4 chance of dying.
minus-squarespooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day ago1/5, some are hallucinogens
minus-squareunwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoJust as believing in a deity gives you a 50% chance of salvation.
minus-squareIndescribablySad@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoYeah? Then successfully explain how statistics work, smart guy. But I warn you, there’s a 50% chance you’ll fail.
minus-squareTechieDamien@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoIt’s actually 50% because it either kills you or is doesn’t. Those are the two options.
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYou both sound correct. No idea who to trust, so I guess there’s a 50:50 chance that it’s 50% or that it’s one in three.
Ah, so there are 3 options- discomfort, death, and nutrition. Therefore, every time you eat a fungus, you have a 1/3 chance of dying. Thanks for the info!
NotHowStatisticsWork
Oh, you like math? Name all the numbers.
True; some mold is actually medicine. Therefore you only have 1/4 chance of dying.
1/5, some are hallucinogens
Just as believing in a deity gives you a 50% chance of salvation.
Yeah? Then successfully explain how statistics work, smart guy. But I warn you, there’s a 50% chance you’ll fail.
It’s actually 50% because it either kills you or is doesn’t. Those are the two options.
You both sound correct. No idea who to trust, so I guess there’s a 50:50 chance that it’s 50% or that it’s one in three.