Comments on: Understanding the Birthday Paradox http://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/ Learning shouldn't hurt. Let's share the insights that made difficult ideas click. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:04:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/#comment-272616 Anonymous Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:55:37 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/#comment-272616 I got it after third heading....HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I got it after third heading….HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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]]> By: keith hoyes http://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/#comment-272494 keith hoyes Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:59:19 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/#comment-272494 the way i intuitively see the 50% is like this, imagine throwing 23 point blobs of paint at a calender on the wall. Then move all the dates that hit into a tidy ~5x5 square in the corner. Now throw another 23 blobs of paint at the wall. To me, it is almost inconceivable that no paint blobs will now touch the dates in the 23 blob square in the corner (50/50 maybe) the way i intuitively see the 50% is like this,

imagine throwing 23 point blobs of paint at a calender on the wall. Then move all the dates that hit into a tidy ~5×5 square in the corner.

Now throw another 23 blobs of paint at the wall.

To me, it is almost inconceivable that no paint blobs will now touch the dates in the 23 blob square in the corner (50/50 maybe)

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