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What's the importance of learning probability? I find it so fucking useless.

>> No.7701454

If you ever want to get your hands on raw scientific data you should know how to handle it, and a thorough understanding of probability is the basis of that.

Other than that countless applications in economics and such.

>> No.7701455

>OP sucks 10 dicks a day from a pool of 100 men of varying race
>if there are 23 black men in the pool what is the probability that OP sucks at least 2 black dicks a day

seems useful to me

>> No.7701459

>>7701455
That's only more proof that it's useless as the computation will give a probability < 1

>> No.7701472

>what is the point of making the most out of the limited amount of information you have available
Gee, I don't know.

>> No.7701475

>>7701451
You wanna win a goat or a car? Probability can make the difference.

>> No.7703067

>>7701451
Brownian motion is cool familia

>> No.7703073

>>7701451
You dare to step out of your house because you know the probability of lightning is low.

>> No.7703112

>>7701451
Literally just now learning this in my stats class

>> No.7703140

It helps you keep an open mind. Otherwise you'd be using equal signs as an end all beat all to the search and its compendable findings.

Have a riot.

>> No.7703144

>>7701451
You can become an actuary and make boatloads of money.

>> No.7703162

>>7701454
This. You can't do science without probability.

Other things you can't do without probability:
> statistical mechanics (which includes physical electronics/semiconductors)
> information/communications theory
> control theory
> electrical noise
> quantum mechanics
> signal processing

There are probably a boatload of other topics you can't study without at least a basic understanding of probability. It's one of those things that, after a point, rears its head almost everywhere (kinda like calculus).

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7703173

>>7701451
Kill yourself xD

>> No.7703204

>>7701451
>I find it so fucking useless
pleb detected

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7703236

>>7703173
> balding science man

>> No.7703629

>>7703162
>Do science
>Do

It's be a scientist. You don't ever DO science, but have a riot anyway.

>> No.7703635

>>7703629
wrong

>> No.7703666

>>7701451
Can't get all information in any experiment

Can only go by probabilities, then

>> No.7703730

>>7701459
underrated post

>> No.7704578

>>7703173
>xD

>> No.7704588

What's the probability of probability being useful?

Well fuck me sideways, looks like we need it now!

>> No.7704595

>>7701451
Erdos proved the upper bounds and lower bounds of Ramsay's number using a probabilistic proof

im sure there are other proofs which do similar things as well

also there's the probabilistic method of finding primes, and it is undeniably VERY significant to our modern society.

>> No.7704599

>>7704595
oops, Ramsey not Ramsay

>> No.7704611

>>7701451
Other than scientific applications? Winning bets against plebs who don't understand probability. Got 30+ people in a room? Bet someone that at least two people in the room have the same birthday