well ,
u must have read this one somewhere ,but in a different way.
its an anecdote about a romantic couple of mathematicians.
here it goes:'
It was spring time saturday evening,
mr n mrs epstein decided to go on a romatic open air candle light dinner,
a cool breeze was blowing.There were stars in the sky twinnkiling mildly.Romance in the air.
The husband looks towards the sky and asks his wife"hon u see the star right there,wat do u think is the probability of a rose growing there?"
"0.5" replied the wife."What do u think about the doves living in there?"
"0.5 agin?" said the wife.
They went on in this way until the husband had now named 20 beautiful beings.
"What do u think is the probability of all of them being there now?"
the wife asked now.
"(1/2)^20"replied the husband.
"right",
said the wife
and "what do u think is probability of any one of them being there?"
agin the wife asked the perspiring husband.
"1-(1/2)^20"
replied the husband
'That means 0.99999!"replied the wife.
the husband gave up and they passed the night talking about it but could not conclude.
So all u probability buffs out there what do u think is there probiblity of life on a distant planet?
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