@Gregorech@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 years agoIf I subscribe to the many worlds theory, every time I buy a lottery ticket one of me wins.message-square71fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down18
arrow-up1159arrow-down1message-squareIf I subscribe to the many worlds theory, every time I buy a lottery ticket one of me wins.@Gregorech@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-square@thenofootcanman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•edit-22 years 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•2 years 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•2 years 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/