Multiple Choice
When you experience a coincidence, which of the following interpretations is appropriate?
A) If an event has a million to one chance, it is expected to happen to 290 people in the U.S.in a given day, on average (because the U.S.population is 290 million) .
B) It is not unlikely that something surprising will happen to someone, somewhere, someday.
C) There is a big difference between the probability of a rare event happening to someone somewhere, and the probability of a rare event happening to a specifically named individual.
D) All of the above.
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