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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know women’s studies, studio art, and political science majors from my LAC, who went to medical school. [/quote]

3% of med school students were/are humanities majors

It’s safe to say nobody knows many English majors who became doctors because it’s statistically impossible.

But you may know some.[/quote]

Statistically if you know 33 doctors one of them majored in humanities. To know two you need to know 67 doctors. To know “a few” or you need to know hundreds of doctors.[/quote]

That’s all humanities…not just English (poli sci most popular humanities major BTW).  We are talking specifically English majors which is the title of the thread.

You probably have to know 150-200 doctors to know one that was an English major.[/quote]

Gracious, I was an English major and even I understand that's not how probability works. You do not "have to know 150-200 doctors" to know one who was an English major. You can know just one doctor - the one in 150 who was an English major. [/quote]

And that’s why people look down on English majors. If you look at the prior post it started with the word “statistically”, meaning on average. You’re confusing a possible outcome with the probability that said outcome is realized. Where’s that sharp critical thinking that English majors supposedly develop while analyzing Shakespeare? Businesses will not pay you money for these trite arguments, you need to be productive.[/quote]

I'm not the PP but PP was not wrong. Perhaps PP was playing on the words as an English major. While the probability of an event happening before it occurs might be less than 100%, once the event has happened, it is certain, and its probability becomes 1 (or 100%).[/quote]

Another English major? The event that happened is an outcome, it’s not that it’s probability becomes 100%. Probability is number of favorable outcome divided by number of possible outcomes. If you’re still confused ask ChatGPT explain it to you.[/quote]

I took your advice and did:
You are asking if the probability of an event becomes \(100\%\) after its outcome is known.             What's given in the problem      The question implies an event with an initial probability less than \(100\%\).         Helpful information      Probability is a measure of the likelihood of an event occurring. A probability of \(1\) (or \(100\%\)) signifies certainty.         How to solve             Determine if the probability of an event changes to certainty once its outcome is observed.      Step 1 . Consider the definition of probability. Probability quantifies the chance of an event before it happens. Step 2 . Analyze the state after an outcome is known. Once an event has occurred and its outcome is observed, the outcome is no longer uncertain. The event has either happened or not happened. Step 3 . Conclude on the probability. If the event occurred, its probability of having occurred becomes \(1\) or \(100\%\). If the event did not occur, its probability of having occurred becomes \(0\) or \(0\%\).        Solution             Yes, once the outcome of an event is known, the probability of that specific outcome having occurred becomes \(100\%\).[/quote]

DP.  The English major is far more succinct and clear than ChatGPT. But putting my critical thinking skills from a good old fashioned liberal arts education to task, I believe ChatGPT came to the same conclusion as the English major.[/quote]

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