Y
Hacker News
new
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
by
achempion
682 days ago
The numbers are definitely sus, but what if they were
52.2543689% 44.2689426% 04.6345625%
How likely is it that you'd get these votes distributions exactly with these exact tails? Compared to all other possibilities?
2 comments
kadoban
682 days ago
Basically the same 1/verymany chance, but that doesn't matter. The difference is that there's no particular reason to choose these numbers to start with. There _is_ a reason to choose nice round, but not too round numbers: that's what humans do.
link
jvanderbot
682 days ago
The question is "How likely is it that humans would
begin
with those numbers when fudging?" answer is low.
But clean numbers? Much more likely.
link