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It's _hard_ to be precise.

From Jeff-Relf.Me @.
Message-ID <Jeff-Relf.Me@Jul.18--10.38am.Seattle.2021> (permalink)
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Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject It's _hard_ to be precise.
Organization blocknews - www.blocknews.net
Date 2021-07-18 10:38 -0700

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whodat:
> For example, I suggest that any 50% of the universe has the same average
> density as any other 50%. That’s a pretty large chunk, but what is the
> smallest size segment for the statement to remain universally true, 
> and why that size?

As the ( often great ) Sylvia replied....

It's a matter of precision, and it's _hard_ to be precise.

How many times must you flip a coin before you can 
confidently say that it's a 50-50 proposition ?

1,000,000 times ? 1,000,000,000 ?

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  It's _hard_ to be precise. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2021-07-18 10:38 -0700
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