Improbable Events Are Not Impossible

Improbable Events Are Not Impossible

Bertrand Paradox | One Probability Problem. Three Different Answers.

Can you discuss fractals without mentioning this F-word?
The BBC can!
(Unless they hid it extremely well in the text.
I didn't look for acrostics or anagrams 🙂.)
Either way, the numbers in this example from actual practice are impressive:
«Search for a larger territory like the United States and this disparity [between reports of coastline length] grows even further, from 12,380 miles (19,924 km), according to the CIA World Factbook; to 84,000 miles (135,185 km), according to the US Army Corps of Engineers; to an astonishing 95,471 miles (153,646 km), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the federal agency responsible for mapping the US's coastline.»
Why it's impossible to measure England's coastline
<https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260410-why-its-impossible-to-measure-englands-coastline>
Here is a little poll. Do you work in an agile team and if so, do you regularly look at one of these numbers?
Comment if you are using none or different numbers. Thanks for the Boost!