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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•4 months agoI’m less interested in the total number of species, and more interested in my likelihood of holding one
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-24 months ago100/100000 = 1 in 1000 or 0.1% chance its gonna poison you
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoPossibly, but which species are more common? Maybe poisonous mushrooms are 0.1% of the number of species, but 10% of the number of mushrooms growing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months ago“Maybe” Why not look it up like I did instead of postulating and nothing more?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoMy point is that you did not account for how common each species is
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoI see about 5 unknown mushrooms for every one known deadly one (death cap, growing under the canopy of an oak)
I’m less interested in the total number of species, and more interested in my likelihood of holding one
100/100000 = 1 in 1000 or 0.1% chance its gonna poison you
Possibly, but which species are more common? Maybe poisonous mushrooms are 0.1% of the number of species, but 10% of the number of mushrooms growing.
“Maybe”
Why not look it up like I did instead of postulating and nothing more?
My point is that you did not account for how common each species is
Neither did you
I see about 5 unknown mushrooms for every one known deadly one (death cap, growing under the canopy of an oak)