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Investigate1999 ago

Scroll down to see the explanation of why I am wrong.

With names like "Joe" and "Patterson", it's not unreasonable for your average Joe to have the same last name in an military division in the war. You'd be surprised. With all of the wars, eventually, there will be some coincidental anomalies. Vsauce did that video about coincidences, where 1 photo captured 2 kids, who didn't know each other [i.e.: 1 kid in the background], and then later in life went on to meet and get married.

I'll give you an up vote, but don't go jumping on any bandwagons just yet.

EndThePizza ago

I appreciate your skepticism, and try to use that myself as much as possible, but let me 1-up you on the stats game lol

If you're in a room with 20 people, the odds are high that any two people have the same birthday. But, the odds are low that someone will share your birthday.

So, if we're looking at any common names for any army division, it's likely that there are going to be two people that share the same name. But, if it's one particular person that we've already singled out through their connection to podesta, then the chance is small that another person in their division that shares their same name.

Investigate1999 ago

But, the odds are low that someone will share your birthday.

Ah, that makes mores sense. People have explained it before, and it was on reddit also. However, I don't think that I've heard it in terms of 1 person being singled out.

Thanks for the explanation!