The Birthday Paradox and the Digital Collision: A Chicken vs Zombies Narrative
The birthday paradox reveals a counterintuitive truth: in a group of just 23 people, there’s over a 50% chance two share the same birthday—remarkably high when probability suggests otherwise. This phenomenon illustrates how small collision risks multiply rapidly at scale, forming the foundation of critical challenges in digital systems. From hash collisions to security vulnerabilities,…
