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The strange non-transitivity of random variables (2014)

26 pointsby throwaway000002over 9 years ago

3 comments

brudgersover 9 years ago
Related, Non-transitive dice: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Nontransitive_dice" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Nontransitive_dice</a>
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danharajover 9 years ago
&gt; Examples of binary relations are binary operations (like +,–,⋅,&#x2F;) on N,Z,Q,R,C,Rn, … etc. (where defined), since functions are special cases of relations, or, the order relations &lt;,≤,&gt;,≥ on R, for instance.<p>A function of two variables is a ternary relation, not a binary relation. &#x2F;pedant
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quietplatypusover 9 years ago
this isnt paradoxical at all, it&#x27;s just you are looking at only 2 dice at a time not the full joint probability of a &lt; b &lt; c. i can come up with similarly retarded &quot;paradoxical conclusions&quot; if i took enough samples of different tiny slices of things.<p>dude is just trying to sound smart with yet another &quot;counterintuitive probability post&quot;
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