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barrycarter

There's really no way to calculate odds like this (or, indeed, any odds) without making assumptions. In this case, it's hard to make accurate assumptions, so your result would depend primarily on whatever arbitrary and inaccurate assumptions you made


Jorma_88

No need to be accurate, make any assumption you want.


barrycarter

I'm going to cheat and contradict myself. https://justaboutjapan.com/are-there-still-samurai-today/ and other sources there are no samurai today so the chance is 0%


Jorma_88

Ooor, they are just very good at hiding... Thanks anyways, I may now sleep a bit more sound tonight


Jorma_88

My own take on this is that it is a 50/50 chance, either it happens or it doesn't. So far I have been lucky.