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Originally Posted by Bandwagon Surfer
So many of these discussions give me flashbacks to trying to teach a friend how to play blackjack on a Vegas trip.
He could just not wrap his head around probability, demanding certainty, acting like odds was something I made up. Constant questions like "so if I hit on this I am guaranteed to win?" followed by anger at my responses explaining the probabilities based on his cards cards and what the dealer was showing. It was impossible to get him to understand even the most basic strategy because "If something else could happen, then you are just guessing, which means it is all the same".
Sorry not directly the same, more frustration ptsd.
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Only a valid analogy if you view the value of making the playoffs this year as 0.