>That's right. What the question actually asks is for the probability of any two people in the group sharing their birthdate on any day of the year. That's the reason the probability is higher than most people expect.

I'm somewhat probability-challanged so what would it be if you said, "What is the probability that out of the 24 people in this room that one of them has my birthday?"

>Reminds me of a statement I heard somewhere, which goes something like this: "70% of the world's population can't handle percentages; the other half doesn't care."

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Yogi Berra said some similar things about baseball...

"Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical"

http://www.yogiberraclassic.org/quotes.htm

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