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[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I didn't say it was impossible.

That said, if somebody gave me the option to bet on a calico cat being female, I would always take that bet because I'd only be wrong about one in three thousand times (0.03333...% of the time) if the cat was randomly selected, whereas other coat colors it'd be 50-50.

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Wouldn't that be three in a thousand?

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

Ah, you're right. It'd be 0.03333333...%

I'll edit

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My wife's sister has an adult male Calico. Are you telling me that super chonker is rare?

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, quite rare.

[-] zewm@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

But you did say exclusively which implies that it would be only female. Which is just inaccurate.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

The word "barring" in the context of my comment means "with the exception of"

[-] azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Generally if people offer such a bet on a rare event they know something you don't

[-] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

What do you think the word "exclusively" means?

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago

What do you think the word "barring" means? My original comment noted the sole exceptional case.

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