Unusual deaths

Hostile17 said:
But come on whats the chance of say been hit by lightning twice? Its extremely, extremely unlikely, which was my original point.
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From memory the record was something like a 20 times by one person....

Lightning is also likely to strike the same place twice in quick succession (the previous strike ionises the air making it an easier route to ground)
 
Werewolf said:
From memory the record was something like a 20 times by one person....

Lightning is also likely to strike the same place twice in quick succession (the previous strike ionises the air making it an easier route to ground)
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LOL! I'll never rely on cliches to back up my argument again. ;)

My point still stands though!
 
p4radox said:
On what basis?

Due you disagree with the maths, or just feel that someone should not get in a helicopter again after having one crash?:)
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That I believe having one helicopter crash reduce the chances of having another!

Just as after having 2 heads in a row on a coin having another head will be greatly reduced (only the first flip is truly 50/50).
 
# 1998: In Congo a soccer game ended when every player on the visiting team was struck by a fork bolt of lightning, killing them all instantly. The home team was unharmed because only visiting team wore metal studs on their soccer cleats.

:eek:
 
Alex UK said:
# 1998: In Congo a soccer game ended when every player on the visiting team was struck by a fork bolt of lightning, killing them all instantly. The home team was unharmed because only visiting team wore metal studs on their soccer cleats.

:eek:
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Stop going off topic! ;) hehe only joking!

Got to go out now! Damn lol
 
Hostile17 said:
That I believe having one helicopter crash reduce the chances of having another!

Just as after having 2 heads in a row on a coin having another head will be greatly reduced (only the first flip is truly 50/50).
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/facepalm:p

Every time you toss a coin the odds are 50/50. Does the coin know that it has landed on heads the previous 2 times?

Everytime that poor woman got in the helicopter, the chances of death were 1 in 47575743 (or whatever).


edit: :eek: @ the Congo football game
 
Hostile17 said:
That I believe having one helicopter crash reduce the chances of having another!

Just as after having 2 heads in a row on a coin having another head will be greatly reduced (only the first flip is truly 50/50).
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Inner city comprehensive was it?
 
That I believe having one helicopter crash reduce the chances of having another!
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how wrong..the chances are the same for you and me and her......just cos you have one doen't mean you less likely to have another...like wise if she were alive the chances of her having an other accident in a chopper are the same as you and me again. it's all about mathmatics.get back to school ....


however I will say the chances of having two crashes are less, but again thats mathmatics as well.....

bullit
 
yeah that wiki page is awesome, i stumbledupon it :)

1410: Martin I of Aragon died from a lethal combination of indigestion and uncontrollable laughing.
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:o

1327: Edward II of England, after being deposed and imprisoned by his Queen consort Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, was rumored to have been murdered by having a red-hot iron inserted into his anus
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ouchy!!

# 2001: Bernd-Jürgen Brandes from Germany was stabbed repeatedly and then partly eaten by Armin Meiwes (who was later called the Cannibal of Rothenburg). Brandes had answered an internet advertisement by Meiwes looking for someone for this purpose. Brandes explicitly stated in his will that he wished to be killed and eaten.
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some people... are ... crazy...

2003: Brandon Vedas died of a drug overdose while engaged in an Internet chat, as shown on his webcam.
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I think i remember seeing this guy page, but that was after the facts.. how sad tho some people just don't care about life
 
Can I just say that she flew in between the crashes (and before) So it's not 2 coins in a row, its like flipping a coin 100 times, what are the odds the 15th coin is a head (1/2 ) what are the odds the 100th coin is a head? (1/2)

The fact you got a head before does not do anything physically to lower you're chances of getting a second head.

But of course with a helicopter crash it's more like a 100 sided dice, and what are the odds a 5 will come up.
 
Hostile17 said:
Yes it does it makes it a hell of a lot more unlikely. Having one incident and then having the same event occur again are not separate events the fact she was already in one means the chances of her having another one are very slim! She would be incredibly unlucky if you like.

Using that analogy where you don't take into account probability just doesn't work in real life.
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just wrong. shes in the situation of her having crashed once, say shes flipped a coin once and got a head, now put that coin to the side, get another coin, what are the chances that this is a head? its a 1/2, the same as before. but if you are judging from the start what are the chances of two heads, then the chance is 1/4, having then got one head, the chance is reduced to 1/2.
 
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