The Internet is so fucking weird sometimes. I had literally never heard of the 37% / Secretary Problem until this morning when someone else commented about it in a different thread. Then I immediately noticed it in this comic and saw your comment.
It’s like when you never notice a car until you buy one and then see that same car everywhere.
Or maybe the person who mentioned the 37% / secretary problem on the other thread had recently read this post here which is what reminded them of it, so they mentioned it there, then you saw both!
The Internet is so fucking weird sometimes. I had literally never heard of the 37% / Secretary Problem until this morning when someone else commented about it in a different thread. Then I immediately noticed it in this comic and saw your comment.
It’s like when you never notice a car until you buy one and then see that same car everywhere.
It is our mind that’s weird. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
Dammit. Now I’m gonna be noticing shit about Frequency Illusion for the next few weeks.
Or maybe the person who mentioned the 37% / secretary problem on the other thread had recently read this post here which is what reminded them of it, so they mentioned it there, then you saw both!