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[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I didn't say it was impossible.

That said, if somebody gave me the option to bet on a calico cat being female, I would always take that bet because I'd only be wrong about one in three hundred times (0.03333...% of the time) if the cat was randomly selected, whereas other coat colors it'd be 50-50.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that be three in a thousand?

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Ah, you're right. It'd be 0.03333333...%

I'll edit

[–] zewm@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But you did say exclusively which implies that it would be only female. Which is just inaccurate.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

The word "barring" in the context of my comment means "with the exception of"

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What do you think the word "exclusively" means?

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

What do you think the word "barring" means? My original comment noted the sole exceptional case.