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Birthday problem (en.wikipedia.org)

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In probability theory, the birthday problem asks for the probability that, in a set of n randomly chosen people, at least two will share the same birthday. The birthday paradox is the counterintuitive fact that only 23 people are needed for that probability to exceed 50%.

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[–] psilotop@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

What made me understand this was realizing that it meant any two people. The first time I heard this I was thinking that if I was in a group of 70 or 80 people, there was almost a 100% chance of someone having the same birthday as me. But it's not comparing to an individual, it's comparing all of the pairs. I hope that makes sense