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John Oliver: So, roughly speaking, what are the chances that the world is going to be destroyed? One-in-a-million? One-in-a-billion?
Walter Wagner: Well, the best we can say right now is a one-in-two chance.
John: 50-50?
Here's how a partisan hack spins election results. From Tony Snow's press conference yesterday:
Ruchira Paul sent me an email asking me to clarify this exposition of how gene selectionism can explain 50:50 sex ratios.
So, I've put myself into a position where I need to spend a substantial amount of time thinking about weird foundational issues in quantum mechanics.
Indeed, but what are your chances of surviving the only apocalypse that matters? (The Big Atomic Blast.. something like that.)
Are you usually
1. Sitting in your fully stocked interplanetary spacecraft which can be launched in a matter of seconds?
2. Doing other shit.
Ha! I'm 2% more likely to survive. I only have to outrun you...
52%. The zombie apocalypse meet-up place is your house, by the way.
32%. I am so screwed. The zombies will eat me for breakfast before they come looking for you.