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by ska 1596 days ago
That only applies if you are updating priors. In this case the odds are fixed, the GP is correct.
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The odds of a rocking accident are known and fixed?
Probably not. But they aren't affected by the previous N climbs, at least as described by GP post. They are considering a fixed odds event, and the probability of (bad thing happens) over a sample path through time. That's not the turkey fallacy.

In other words , the difference between the turkey and the climber is the climber knows the odds (at least nominally) , and it’s important .