Ladder

Inclusion exclusion — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. 9 of the 24 arrangements put nothing back where it startedthe shaded diagonal is where an object stays put; a marked grid is one with no mark on it

    Nobody gets their own hat

    Hand back a pile of hats at random and ask for the chance that not one person gets their own. The answer barely moves as the crowd grows — it is a third and a bit at four people, and a third and a bit at four thousand.

    rung 1 · probability

All ladders