It's funny that you seem to recognize the failure of your logic but don't apply it to your own argument.
If the Powerball were played multiple times every single day, and every time someone went outside they bought a ticket, your snarky attempt at legitimacy would make sense.
You clearly understand that in order for someone to be part of a statistic, they must first be part of that statistical sample. If you're going to compare every single person actively playing powerball, then you need to compare every single person being exposed to covid.
Your statistical hypothesis has to be based on similar circumstances, otherwise comparing them is less than useless.
Millions of people play powerball every week. Millions of people have been exposed to covid. Far more people have died from covid.
If you're going to start including the people who aren't exposed to covid in your statistics, then you have to start including the people who don't play powerball. You can't compare odds from a small segment of the population and use it to make a comparison to the entire population.
But please, keep telling me how I don't understand statistics.
200,000 people have not won a million dollars in Powerball.
Even if you just take people with no comorbidities, 10,000 people have not won a million in powerball, not in the same time frame.
I'd say reality is not yours.
Unless you think that your statistical projections should carry more weight than actual data?
I can also claim stupid shit like you're more likely to get eaten by a bear than die from covid, that doesn't make it accurate.
It's funny that you seem to recognize the failure of your logic but don't apply it to your own argument.
You clearly understand that in order for someone to be part of a statistic, they must first be part of that statistical sample. If you're going to compare every single person actively playing powerball, then you need to compare every single person being exposed to covid.
Your statistical hypothesis has to be based on similar circumstances, otherwise comparing them is less than useless.
Millions of people play powerball every week. Millions of people have been exposed to covid. Far more people have died from covid.
If you're going to start including the people who aren't exposed to covid in your statistics, then you have to start including the people who don't play powerball. You can't compare odds from a small segment of the population and use it to make a comparison to the entire population.
But please, keep telling me how I don't understand statistics.