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		<title>Great Moments in Pedantry: The odds of your&#160;existence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie Koerth-Baker</dc:creator>
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What are the odds that you, as an individual, exist? Pretty good, you'd guess, since you're sitting right here reading this.]]></description>
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<p>What are the odds that you, as an individual, exist? Pretty good, you'd guess, since you're sitting right here reading this. But, in an abstract sense, the chances that you exist are really rather slim. In fact, once you see the full infographic, put together by futurist and designer Sofya Yampolsky of <a href="http://visual.ly/what-are-odds">Visual.ly</a>, I'm sure you'll be much more skeptical of your existence.</p>
<p>The infographic is based on <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/abinazir/2011/06/15/what-are-chances-you-would-be-born/">this post by Dr. Ali Binazir</a>.</p>
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