50/50 (quote, nomination)

Yukon Cornelius · 03-27-2009, 12:40 PM

I recently had a debate with someone on this topic...

The debate consisted of the idea that someone skydiving with one parachute has a 50/50 chance of that device working vs it not working.. That was my arguement.(please dont talk of reserve parachutes as this was not included)

The other debator said that it was not 50/50 because parachutes were designed to work 100% of the time which makes it impossible for it to be a 50/50 event.

I understood his statistcal standpoint however my argument was that for one person not based of how often these devices open or fail it is a 50\50 chance by either working or not.

Much like flipping a quarter to me... It could land on heads 8 out of ten times but its still 50/50.

Please post your thoughts. I will only debate not going to be a jerk.

03-27-2009, 12:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Yukon Cornelius Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 625	50/50 I recently had a debate with someone on this topic... The debate consisted of the idea that someone skydiving with one parachute has a 50/50 chance of that device working vs it not working.. That was my arguement.(please dont talk of reserve parachutes as this was not included) The other debator said that it was not 50/50 because parachutes were designed to work 100% of the time which makes it impossible for it to be a 50/50 event. I understood his statistcal standpoint however my argument was that for one person not based of how often these devices open or fail it is a 50\50 chance by either working or not. Much like flipping a quarter to me... It could land on heads 8 out of ten times but its still 50/50. Please post your thoughts. I will only debate not going to be a jerk. __________________ Attempting to find a cure for Stupid...