@Gregorech@lemmy.worldcake 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-square70fedilinkarrow-up1166
arrow-up1166message-squareIf I subscribe to the many worlds theory, every time I buy a lottery ticket one of me wins.@Gregorech@lemmy.worldcake to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-square@thenofootcanman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•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-square@rockstarpirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•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-square@rockstarpirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•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/