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The Birthday Paradox Experiment

Your birthday twin is probably reading this right now. Because math.

But that is just one instance, and it would be wrong of me to stop there.Because each time we get 23 people together, it’s basically a coin flip that we get a shared birthday. Our brains are more inclined to think about things linearly, but as we add more people to a room, the number of comparisons actually goes up quadratically 📈. Our brains are more inclined to think about things linearly, but as we add more people to a room, the number of comparisons actually goes up quadratically 📈.

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