3rd March 2012, 08:05 PM
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Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 56,422
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Originally Posted by ynot
Would you rather have a 1 in 1,000 chance that you would die in a car crash on your way to work during one trip, or a 1 in 10,000 chance during each of ten trips?
Or do you think they are both the same?
Since I can't die twice, the latter is better than the former, though the difference is small.
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