Comments on: Q: Is it possible to choose an item from an infinite set of items such that each one has an equal chance of being selected? http://www.askamathematician.com/?p=1230 Your Math and Physics Questions Answered Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:38:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: wumbo http://www.askamathematician.com/?p=1230&cpage=1#comment-4704 wumbo Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:49:30 +0000 http://www.askamathematician.com/?p=1230#comment-4704 another interesting tidbit related to this is that if you pick any digit, 100% of all integers will contain this digit at least once. another interesting tidbit related to this is that if you pick any digit, 100% of all integers will contain this digit at least once.

]]> By: Q: Is it odd that the universe’s constants are all so perfectly conducive to life? « Ask a Mathematician / Ask a Physicist http://www.askamathematician.com/?p=1230&cpage=1#comment-1339 Q: Is it odd that the universe’s constants are all so perfectly conducive to life? « Ask a Mathematician / Ask a Physicist Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:29:07 +0000 http://www.askamathematician.com/?p=1230#comment-1339 [...] just right you’d need a huge (probably infinite) number of universes.  Turns out that truly picking a number at random is tricky.  If you have enough universes, then many of them will have the right balance to allow life, no [...] [...] just right you’d need a huge (probably infinite) number of universes.  Turns out that truly picking a number at random is tricky.  If you have enough universes, then many of them will have the right balance to allow life, no [...]

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