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Originally posted by chavos
say you flip five coins, and if you don't get all heads, someone shoots you in the head before you can even see the results. if you by some slim chance survive, you might marvel at the long odds you faced...becuase winning is the only chance you have to think about the situation.
if we had "lost" the big bang lotto, we wouldn't be here to contemplate the long odds. so...our very observation of the problem means that we are either very lucky, or there was something changing the odds. but that we "won" doesn't indicate either.
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It just goes to the show the absurdity of our existence. Why do we exist in the face of extreme odds?
Additionally, I've met someone that was shot in the head and lived a normal life. You would have never known he was ever shot if you saw him on the street. I think that's a sort of good allegory for life.
Take from that what you will.