Comments on: Looking for a book of everyday statistics

Question: Looking for a book of everyday statistics

BoscosMom — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:03:21 -0800

Looking for a book of everyday statistics that I read within the last few years. I remember one that went something like: It's 250 million times more likely that you will win the lottery than be born. Also some statistical information on why you should finish High School. Does that ring a bell with anyone?

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:28:50 -0800

That can't be right, otherwise 1.5 quintillion people would be millionaires.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:42:29 -0800

Maybe this?

By: artifarce

artifarce — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:14:22 -0800

Maybe it's the chance that YOU would be born, i.e., that the particular combination of genes comes together the way that it did. But that would be just from your parents, would you have to include the data for all your x generations back & calculate chances of random mutations, crossover, etc? hmm.