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Teens' Randomautica App Story
- Teenagers using the Randomautica app were given random map coordinates to explore.
- One user, Mykina Ray, intending "death," ended up witnessing a shooting, sparking viral stories about the app's power.
Sally Clark's Conviction Story
- Sally Clark was convicted of murdering her two infants based on expert testimony.
- The prosecution used statistical improbability as key evidence against her.
Flawed Statistical Assumption
- The one-in-73-million statistic was flawed because it assumed children's deaths in a family are independent events.
- Common factors like genetics make such deaths correlated, invalidating the multiplication of probabilities.