Have we discussed decks of cards?

[TJ8869]

I never really thought about it until Neil broke it down. It’s mind bottling to realize how many possible sequence combinations there are for an ordinary deck of 52 cards.

Let’s say you’re holding in your hand a deck of cards that has been thoroughly and randomly shuffled.

If there were a trillion universes, and each of those universes contained a trillion civilizations, and each of those civilizations contained a trillion people, and each of those people had their own deck of cards, and each of those people thoroughly and randomly shuffled their deck of cards a trillion times every second of every day for a trillion years, there is still only about a 40% chance that any one of those shuffled decks would identically match the sequence of 52 cards you’re holding in your hand.

 

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[DooBi]

Yep. I've brought this up before. It is virtually impossible that your shuffled deck has ever or will ever be duplicated in the history of the world. It is truly unique to you and only you.

 

[artradley]

The only statistic I am confident about is that on the rare occasion I am dealt a full house there is a 98% chance another player will have a higher full house.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Like I said…

Neil deGrasse Tyson has jumped the shark.

Does he do anything now other than appear on stuff and explain to whoever he’s talking to about how big numbers are or odds are or space is? The last 50 times I’ve see him he’s saying something along the lines of, “If you poured salt onto this table and colored one of the grains pink and one...

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[TJ8869]

Like I said…

Neil deGrasse Tyson has jumped the shark.

Does he do anything now other than appear on stuff and explain to whoever he’s talking to about how big numbers are or odds are or space is? The last 50 times I’ve see him he’s saying something along the lines of, “If you poured salt onto this table and colored one of the grains pink and one...

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If a trillion sharks had frickin’ lasers on their heads….

 

[cfbfan23]

Yep. I've brought this up before. It is virtually impossible that your shuffled deck has ever or will ever be duplicated in the history of the world. It is truly unique to you and only you.