I just asked a question regarding probability in the math section, accept I just realized I waaaay underestimated a man's lifetime sperm count (I did it assuming a man only ejaculates 25 times in his entire life, lawl.) Anyways, IF my parents were just born and my mom's got 1.5 million eggs, like yours did, and my dad will produce 1 billion sperm (again, underestimation), and its a fact that at some point in their lives they will conceive of a child together, according to those smart math wizzes, I have a 1 in 1.5 quadrillion shot at being born. Yeah. 1 in 1.5 quadrillion. And here I am. Its like I won the lottery a thousand times in a row, you know?
How do you feel when you think about the odds? Does it affect you at all?
2007-07-01 00:30:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
*except, not accepts. Woops, typo.
2007-07-01 01:06:43 · update #1
I've never really thought of it in mathematical terms before but I find that interesting. I am thankful I was born and that I have a loving family. I love life although it is difficult, I am grateful for every day I am given.
2007-07-01 00:59:47 · answer #1 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My exact DNA is lucky to have the chance to exist though it would have been the case that some DNA would have had to have been lucky for a child to exist. Personally I understand probability but believe deterministically I would have had to have been born due to definite physical laws.
2007-07-01 00:34:50 · answer #2 · answered by Raccoon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish the odds had gone the other way, then I wouldn't exist. Things would be much better then if I didn't exist.
2007-07-01 03:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
2007-07-01 00:57:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eh. sometimes. life is not all its cracked up to be.
2007-07-01 02:41:09 · answer #5 · answered by ?love spell? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-07-01 00:33:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋