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09-18-2022, 02:48 AM
Pascal's Mugging
(09-17-2022, 06:48 PM)rocinantexyz Wrote: If you are promised an infinite payout, but have a 0% chance of receiving it, your average payout is:
[Image: d4738f1bea788ab349643aa9cd22991c12725615] which is an indeterminate form(3rd row on chart).

Amusingly, since we don't even know the sign of the indeterminate form it's entirely possible that your pay-out is negative. Poor Blaise Pascal.
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Pascal's Mugging - by Paleophyte - 05-03-2020, 08:26 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Reltzik - 05-03-2020, 12:01 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Szuchow - 05-03-2020, 12:20 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by LastPoet - 05-03-2020, 02:04 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Paleophyte - 05-03-2020, 02:39 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Minimalist - 05-03-2020, 03:32 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Szuchow - 05-03-2020, 03:38 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 03:38 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Vera - 05-03-2020, 03:50 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Minimalist - 05-03-2020, 03:58 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:01 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Sefan - 09-16-2022, 07:29 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Deesse23 - 09-16-2022, 07:46 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Sefan - 09-16-2022, 08:55 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Deesse23 - 09-16-2022, 10:50 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Sefan - 09-16-2022, 02:10 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Deesse23 - 09-16-2022, 03:01 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Vera - 09-16-2022, 11:11 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Szuchow - 09-16-2022, 05:30 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Vera - 09-16-2022, 07:48 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Szuchow - 09-16-2022, 07:53 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Vera - 09-16-2022, 07:58 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by adey67 - 09-16-2022, 01:34 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Dancefortwo - 09-18-2022, 04:56 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Szuchow - 09-16-2022, 05:23 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Minimalist - 09-16-2022, 09:06 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Astreja - 09-18-2022, 05:54 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 03:36 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by jerry mcmasters - 05-03-2020, 03:57 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 03:58 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by jerry mcmasters - 05-03-2020, 03:58 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:04 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by jerry mcmasters - 05-03-2020, 04:14 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:15 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by jerry mcmasters - 05-03-2020, 04:17 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:18 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by jerry mcmasters - 05-03-2020, 04:22 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:23 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Cavebear - 05-06-2020, 06:41 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by jerry mcmasters - 05-06-2020, 06:53 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by jerry mcmasters - 05-09-2020, 10:08 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by adey67 - 09-16-2022, 03:44 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Dānu - 05-04-2020, 03:14 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Reltzik - 05-03-2020, 04:08 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Paleophyte - 05-03-2020, 10:00 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Chas - 05-06-2020, 07:54 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 03:57 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Vera - 05-03-2020, 04:01 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Glossophile - 05-03-2020, 06:56 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Alan V - 05-03-2020, 09:27 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by mordant - 05-05-2020, 12:32 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Reltzik - 05-05-2020, 01:41 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:11 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Dānu - 05-04-2020, 03:18 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by jerry mcmasters - 05-03-2020, 04:22 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:25 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by jerry mcmasters - 05-03-2020, 04:44 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Reltzik - 05-03-2020, 04:53 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by mordant - 05-03-2020, 10:46 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Minimalist - 05-03-2020, 04:25 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:27 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Minimalist - 05-03-2020, 04:32 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:33 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by LastPoet - 05-03-2020, 04:35 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Szuchow - 05-03-2020, 05:18 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Dānu - 05-04-2020, 03:23 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by LastPoet - 05-04-2020, 04:10 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Dānu - 05-04-2020, 07:27 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Minimalist - 05-03-2020, 08:25 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:45 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by jerry mcmasters - 05-03-2020, 04:52 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Link - 05-03-2020, 04:58 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Reltzik - 05-03-2020, 05:12 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Chimp3 - 05-03-2020, 05:57 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Vera - 05-05-2020, 06:11 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by mordant - 05-05-2020, 09:20 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Vera - 05-06-2020, 05:02 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by mordant - 05-09-2020, 08:30 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Vera - 05-11-2020, 05:42 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Minimalist - 05-06-2020, 05:03 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Minimalist - 05-09-2020, 10:51 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Dānu - 09-16-2022, 09:38 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Rahn127 - 09-17-2022, 02:37 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Kim - 09-17-2022, 04:55 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by airportkid - 09-17-2022, 05:58 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Kim - 09-17-2022, 06:02 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by rocinantexyz - 09-17-2022, 06:48 PM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Paleophyte - 09-18-2022, 02:48 AM
RE: Pascal's Mugging - by Rhythmcs - 09-18-2022, 03:10 AM



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