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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | It is a common belief that if you put a seashell up to your ear, you can hear the ocean inside the shell. The comic, through an application of {{w|Bayes' theorem|Bayes' Theorem}} points out that most of the time when you pick up a seashell, you are in fact at the beach next to the real ocean, so hearing the ocean at that location is not all that impressive. | |
− | The | + | The title text points out that nearly all instances where the author has picked up a seashell have been at the beach, but most of the times where he has picked up a seashell and put it to his ear have been elsewhere. |
− | + | As of 2013-07-10T14:16Z the equation in this comic is incorrect: the correct equation is | |
− | + | P(ocean|seashell) = P(seashell|ocean)P(ocean)/P(seashell). | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | : | + | :<center>P(I'm near the ocean|I picked up a seashell)=</center> |
− | + | :<center>P(I picked up a seashell|I'm near the ocean)P(I picked up a seashell)</center> | |
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− | + | :<center>P(I'm near the ocean)</center> | |
− | :P(I picked up a seashell|I'm near the ocean)P(I | + | :''Crashhh'' |
− | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | + | :''Sploosh'' |
− | :P( | + | :[Cueball holding a seashell.] |
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− | :''Crashhh'' ''Sploosh'' | ||
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:Statistically speaking, if you pick up a seashell and ''don't'' hold it to your ear, you can probably hear the ocean. | :Statistically speaking, if you pick up a seashell and ''don't'' hold it to your ear, you can probably hear the ocean. | ||
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[[Category:Math]] | [[Category:Math]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] |