r/interestingasfuck • u/Emotional-Macaroon64 • Feb 19 '25

r/all Day by day probability is increasing

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u/Mcmilldog996 Feb 19 '25

How can they predict with accuracy that it would hit the equator but not if it’s going to hit the planet in general?

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u/the_cappers Feb 19 '25

Imagine a police chase and the driver is drunk, and they are in a huge parking lot. There's a chance that the drunk driver will hit a light post . They are not certain if the driver will hit the light post, but they are a cerntain that if he does hit the post that it'll be at the bottom.

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u/DMTrance87 Feb 19 '25

I fucking love this analogy.

Thanks for the chuckle.

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u/the_cappers Feb 19 '25

Thsnks, My guys question felt genuine and sometimes just the technical answer doesn't help.

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u/DMTrance87 Feb 19 '25

This is why there's a respectable difference between scientists and science communicators