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Andrew Huberman's Math
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Andrew Huberman's Math refers to a series of memes parodying a mathematical error made by podcaster Andrew Huberman, who erroneously estimated that the chance of getting pregnant could be over 100 percent after trying several times. In May 2024 after a user on X / Twitter pointed out the mistake, image caption memes based on the gaffe saw spread on the platform.
Origin
On January 23rd, 2024, neuroscientist and podcaster Andrew Huberman released a podcast episode on optimizing fertility in males and females, which received over 290,000 views on YouTube.[1] At one point in the episode, Huberman calculates the probability of a woman under 30 years old getting pregnant after six attempts to conceive, erroneously estimating it to be 120 percent.
in case youtube takes it down pic.twitter.com/wuMahKrrTs
— yan (@bcrypt) May 9, 2024
Huberman later corrected the error in the description section of the video, calculating that the actual probability is at 73.8 percent.
On May 8th, 2024, X[2] user @bcrypt pointed out the error in the video in a post that received over 550 reposts and 6,000 likes in one week (shown below). In the thread, @bcrypt posted a clip of Huberman making the mistake, which garnered over 1,400 reposts and quote posts and 4,100 likes on X[3] in one week.
![ROFL at andrew huberman saying that if you have a 20% chance of pregnancy in any given month, the chance of being pregnant af yan @bcrypt ROFL at andrew huberman saying that if you have a 20% chance of pregnancy in any given month, the chance of being pregnant after 6 months is 120% MALE MALE RTILITY youtube.com How to Optimize Fertility in Males & Females | Huberman In this episode, I discuss the mechanisms by which human eggs and sperm are generated, the ... BERMAN LAB . 11:02 PM - May 8, 2024 1.9M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/816/666/395.jpg)
Spread
The tweet was followed by quote posts in which users made obviously wrong calculations. For example, on May 9th, 2024, X[4] user @growing_daniel made a quote post that received over 80 reposts and 5,100 likes in six days (shown below, left).
![His math is wrong of course. If a woman has a 20% chance of conceiving and has sex six times she has 0.2^6 chance, which is 0 Daniel @growing_daniel His math is wrong of course. If a woman has a 20% chance of conceiving and has sex six times she has 0.2^6 chance, which is 0.0064% yan @bcrypt May 8 Replying to @bcrypt in case youtube takes it down 10:38 AM - May 9, 2024 1M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/816/670/50d.jpg)
![If you flip a coin three times, it would be 150%, but that is a whole other thing… MJ Matthew B Jané @MatthewBJane If you flip a coin twice, the chance you get heads at least once is 50%+50%=100%. If you flip a coin three times, it would be 150%, but that is a whole other thing... From yan 4:05 PM - May 9, 2024 390.3K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/816/672/07e.jpg)
In the following week, an image of Huberman folding his hands gained popularity as a caption format on X / Twitter, with users captioning it with erroneous calculations. In multiple posts, the controversy involving Huberman dating six women at the same time was referenced.
For example, on May 13th, 2024, X[5] user @dvassalo posted a meme that garnered over 620 reposts and 15,000 likes in one day (shown below, left).
![Nine women can make a baby in one month Daniel Vassallo @dvassallo Nine women can make a baby in one month 8:18 PM ⚫ May 13, 2024 723.4K Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/816/680/f90.jpg)
![if we assume one ai waifu is like 20% real waifu then we need about 5 gpt-4o accounts to have a waifu in real life - that’s j sphinx @protosphinx - if we assume one ai waifu is like 20% real waifu then we need about 5 gpt-40 accounts to have a waifu in real life – that's just maths. maybe 6 accounts just to be sure. • 10:29 PM ⚫ May 13, 2024 13.5K Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/816/682/0c2.jpg)
Various Examples
![And so if you don’t hedge power, we know that the probability of index settling low on any one month is maybe 20%. Dr. Uri Elliott, MBA www@amn3siak And so if you don't hedge power, we know that the probability of index settling low on any one month is maybe 20%. But if you ride the index for say another 5 months after that, the probability of the index settling low goes to 100%. 9:18 PM. May 13, 2024 2,839 Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/816/681/946.jpg)
![And so by combining GPT-3, GPT-4, and GPT-4o, you can actually get all the capabilities of GPT-11 Turner Novak @TurnerNovak And so by combining GPT-3, GPT-4, and GPT-40, you can actually get all the capabilities of GPT-11 7:00 PM - May 13, 2024 392.7K Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/816/678/7bb.jpg)
![My Bones After I Mix 50 Cartons of 2% Milk and Achieve 100% Milk KIJUNSEN @kijunsen My ponies alten i mix du cartons of 2% milk and achieve 100% milk 12:07 AM • May 12, 2024 70.8K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/816/674/d13.jpg)
![If you acquire six businesses at 2x EBITDA, private equity will buy the whole thing from you for 12x. It’s basic math. Robert Sterling ❤ @RobertMSterling If you acquire six businesses at 2x EBITDA, private equity will buy the whole thing from you for 12x. It's basic math. • 7:57 PM ⚫ May 13, 2024 27.8K Views •••](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/816/679/d78.jpg)
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Template
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Search Interest
External References
[1] YouTube – How to Optimize Fertility in Males & Females
[4] X – @growing_daniel
[5] X – @dvassallo
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