The odds are extremely low and hard to qualify, but I heard one scientist say that there was more chance of him winning the national lottery 10 times in a row. Also, although the conditions inside the LHC may indeed be conducive, in theory, to forming mini black holes these would be a world away from the black holes that are formed when a star collapses - our normal point of reference. The energy within the LHC would only be capable of forming teeny weeny black holes, if indeed it is possible at all, and these would blink in and out of existence in an instant. There is absolutely no chance of them having the power to suck us all in! For further info this article offers a down to earth analysis of what's involved - http://scientificinquiry.suite101.com/article.cfm/cern_the_big_bang_machine
The odds against drawing a black 7 is 25 in 26.
The odds are 1 to 25.
Anything "can" turn into a black hole, as long as it is massive enough and dense enough. For example, Earth can turn into a black hole if all its mass is squeezed into a point about a centimeter in radius. The only reason that we don't see this happening is because you can't just make Earth denser than it already is (ever try to squeeze a chunk of putty?). Just because the odds of it turning into a black hole is very small doesn't mean it can't turn into one. {ADDED} No, a comet cannot become a black hole. It is far too small and light (low mass), and loses material every time its orbit brings it relatively close to the Sun - the characteristic tail is that lost material, which like the head, reflects Sun light so is visible. The only objects cable of becoming black holes are the extremely dense cores of very, very large stars that die as supernovae, and even then, not all them become black holes.
Small chance (about 4%).
I just read that the odds of shooting 2 consecutive holes in one were on the order of 1 to 10,000,000. The story was about a guy who shot 2 in a row. I believe that, on the pro circuit, Arnold Palmer was the only one to do it . . . it could have been that he shot 2 holes in one in the same round, though.
All Creatures Great and Small - 1978 Against the Odds 5-1 is rated/received certificates of: UK:U (video rating) (2008)
A melanistic (black) jaguar is a color morph which occurs at about 6 percent frequency in populations.
It means a horse that is not likely to win, or that the odds are stacked against him.
Take everyone shot at school divided by everyone that has gone to school and you have a rough estimate of your odds of being shot at school, which is most likely extremely small.
Yes. But the odds are pretty small that it will happen.
The Chance of getting 1 black in European roulette is 18/37 which is roughly 0.49 in decimal odds. 10 in a row is (0.49)x(0.49)x(0.49)............ which is 0.00039. This sounds, and is, extremely small but it does happen.
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