/sci/ - Science & Math

52! > number of atoms in the known universe
52! is the ways you can order 52 things, like the cards in a deck of 52 different cards.
In a room of 20 people there is about a 50% chance that any two of them will have the same birthday

It makes sense once you realise that the universe is big but empty.

>>15072500
Exactly

>>15072480
Chess players need only to be prepared for realistic positions. When we count all the possible positions many of them are quite bizarre.
>>15072361
What exactly do you not believe? The number of chess positions or the number of atoms?

/sci/ can't math and as a result can't do combinatorics