[math] if decks of 52 playing cards were shuffled randomly, it would be vanishingly unlikely that any two shuffles between the invention of cards and the heat death of the universe would produce the same sequence
There are 52! possibilities for that order. something something × 10 ^67th
however
true randomness is hard to achieve
there is a limit to the number of times people shuffle. the physical qualities of cards mean they sometimes stick together. people have a "rhythm" for a shuffle -
a number of cards that feels "right" when cutting, an amount of bend when bridging & riffling that makes the process easier, etc.
I'm not sure (and I have seen no sign serious study has concluded) what the odds really are - it may STILL be improbable within the heat death of the universe that any two adequate shuffles have produced the same card sequence
I just know it's less than 52-factorial odds against.
i'm having a hard time parsing the plurk opener, did you forget words, like is it unlikely that the shuffles would be the same or
my favorite fact along these lines is about the monkeys typing hamlet
if you simplify writing hamlet to typing out
and the monkeys are well-trained enough to type out a full sentence worth of random key presses every second, and never die or require breaks
TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION.and the monkeys are well-trained enough to type out a full sentence worth of random key presses every second, and never die or require breaks
and you had a billion monkeys on a billion planets
typing out sentences from the creation of the universe to the present
your chances of failing to produce the sentence would be approximately 99.99999999995%
Vyndasia: same
I did forget a phrase! I was very tired
edited now
OOH THANK YOU
THAT'S REALLY NEAT!!