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		briandear 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Preliminary report into Air India crash released We could also suggest that aliens in the cockpit did it — about the same probability. Two switches, on independent circuits, both failing within one second of each other in the exact same way?

raverbashing 3 months ago [–]

I love when people try to sound smart but instead they just prove their ignorance

throwaway48476 3 months ago | [–]

No. If the probability of component failure is 1 in x, then the probability both fail at the same time is at least 1 in x^2.

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