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If I subscribe to the many worlds theory, every time I buy a lottery ticket one of me wins. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In respect to the lottery, every (lottery valid) combination has a chance of happening and we are assuming infinite variation, so if someone buys a lotto ticket for say "1 2 3 4 5", that will be the picked numbers in at least one variation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, that makes sense. I would agree that for any truly random circumstance, when given infinite iterations, all possible combinations will eventually occur.