I was thinking about the birthday paradox: "in a set of n randomly chosen people, some pair of them will have the same birthday. By the pigeonhole principle, the probability reaches 100% when the number of people reaches 367 (since there are 366 possible birthdays, including February 29)." (Source: Wiki)
I was born on August 2, 1981. I wonder, how many people on this forum were born on the same day as me? Just wanna see how realistic is this theory.
(Note: testing this theory on other forums as well, so please don't get upset if you run into this elsewhere)
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12-03-14, 04:14 PM #1
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Birthday paradox. How many of us here were born on August 2?
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12-03-14, 04:28 PM #2
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I can't think of a forum with enough active posters to test your theory.
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12-03-14, 04:35 PM #3
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Good advice, thanks! Wanna see on this forum though too, as it seems pretty active to me.
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12-03-14, 06:26 PM #4
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There are probably about 20 users who are regularly active. A lot of the others only seem to post about their own concerns and not take the time to help others.
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13-03-14, 04:55 AM #5
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Sorry, I'm a Sept 21st birthday. Interesting theory, though.
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17-03-14, 04:11 AM #6
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no, none of those dates apply to me either.
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22-03-14, 04:13 PM #7
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O.M.G. I have the same birthday.
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She uses logic and manages her emotions
She offers help either because it is a business transaction or out of kindness. It is never because she hopes others will return the favour or out of fear of losing them
She has her own mind and thinks for herself and knows that she has to be the one who bears the consequences of her decisions
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22-03-14, 10:01 PM #8
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I want to find out how many of us here were born on August 2nd of common years only.
Note: Leap years are:
1948
1952
1956
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1964
1968
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1976
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2012
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Thank you for your response! Could you please tell me, were born on August 2nd? Of common year or leap year?
Originally Posted by fearoflove
Leap years are:
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
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07-04-14, 01:52 PM #9
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Still looking for my birth twins. Anyone else here born on August 2nd of a common year?
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10-04-14, 03:51 PM #10
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I don't quite follow, but I have a friend who was born August 2nd 1992 if that helps at all.
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07-05-14, 01:23 PM #11
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not me..although I think that theory has some truth to it
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08-05-14, 01:49 PM #12
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really try facebook
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08-05-14, 02:05 PM #13
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I will only participate if you send me a birthday present.
Relax... I'll need some information first. Just the basic facts - can you show me where it hurts?
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