Comments on: Date coincidences: Happenstance or omen? http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/date-coincidences-omens-or-coincidence/ Striving for accuracy in history, economics, geography, education, and a little science Sun, 19 May 2013 02:46:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ed Darrell http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/date-coincidences-omens-or-coincidence/#comment-250073 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:06:04 +0000 http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/?p=20540#comment-250073 Very high, I would think. Easier way to calculate, how many “famous” people are there; if you’ve got about 35 people in a room, the odds are almost inescapable that two of them share a birth date.

Statistics, not pure coincidence.

]]> By: random8042 http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/date-coincidences-omens-or-coincidence/#comment-250058 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:42:51 +0000 http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/?p=20540#comment-250058 If there are 7 bilion people and only 365 days, there’ll be about 20,000 people with a birthday on any given date (apart from 29th february). Including dead people as well, what are the chances of one of them being famous?
I don’t know.

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