komponisto comments on The Cognitive Science of Rationality

[komponisto]

This is an unfortunate shortening of “a million to one against”, which would be correct.

[MixedNuts]

I thought that “a million to one” always meant “a million to one against”, and you had to specify “a million to one on” when necessary.

[Paul Crowley]

My survey of one agrees with you—I would definitely have thought of this the other way around though.