A drunk person wandering outside will always find their way back but a drunk bird probably won't. (programming.dev)

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Explanation: Random walk in 2D has a unity probability of making it back to the starting point as the number of steps approach infinity but random walk in 3D only has ~0.34.

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[-] azayrahmad@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago

TL;DR: birds can fly up and down so they are more likely to get lost

[-] Widowmaker_Best_Girl@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Thank you, OP put his thought out so confusingly

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

WHAT?

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