On the other hand, about 60 people are killed by lightning in the US every year. That means there 8217;s only a 1 in 10,000,000,000,000 chance that you 8217;ll call someone in the 30 seconds after they 8217;ve been struck and killed.
而另一方面来看，每年美国都会有60个左右的倒霉蛋被闪电劈死。这意味着你有十万万亿分之一的几率打给一个30秒前刚被闪电劈死的倒霉蛋。
Lastly, let 8217;s suppose that on the day this book was published, five people who read it decide to actually try this experiment. If they call numbers all day, there 8217;s about a 1 in 30,000 chance that at some point during the day, one of them will get a busy signal because the person they 8217;ve called is also calling a random stranger to say “God bless you.”
最后，我们不妨假设在这篇文章发布的当天，有5位读者决定实践一下。如果他们24小时没日没夜地不停打电话，那么有三万分之一的几率他们打给的那人正在通话中——因为那人也在给别人打相同的祝福电话。
And there 8217;s about a 1 in 10,000,000,000,000 chance that two of them will simultaneously call each other.
而有十万万亿分之一的几率在同一时刻这两个无聊鬼正好互相打给对方。
At this point, probability will give up, and they 8217;ll both be struck by lightning.
此时此刻，老天爷看不下去了，于是一道闪电把他们都劈死了。
1 Based on a rate of 4 per 100,000, which is the average in the US but on the high end for industrialized countries.
1． 基于美国平均十万分之四的谋杀率计算，这个比例在发达国家中算是高的了。
2 Citation: You are alive.
2． 引用：你还活着。
3 For context, that 8217;s 490 repetitions of the song “Hey Jude.”
3． 这个长度相当于Hey Jude重复播放490遍。
4 Over 58 hours of research, four sneezes were the most interesting data points. I might 8217;ve taken the 490 “Hey Jude”s.
4． 在整个58小时的试验期间，4个喷嚏是最有意思的实验数据。我宁愿听490遍Hey Jude也不想做这个实验。
WEIRD (AND WORRYING) QUESTIONS FROM THE WHAT IF? INBOX,