Comment by briandear

2 days ago

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?

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

  • 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.