For our probability class, it looks like the professor's going to include something funny and probability-themed at the beginning of every problem set. Here's the first one:

A man who travels a lot was concerned about the possibility of a bomb on board his plane. He determined the probability of this, found it to be low but not low enough. Now he always travels with a bomb in his suitcase. He reasons that the probability of two bombs being on board would be miniscule.

And yes, it's only funny, not true - as in, it doesn't work that way.

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