To think the Chinese gender prediction calculator is always accurate?

[Dreamingofthree]

Eerily so for me and everyone i know (who’s had kids)

is there anyone out there who’s it’s not been accurate for

link below

https://www.babycenter.com/chinese-gender-predictor

Yabu- it’s not always write, it’s not science. Yanbu- it’s been bang on for everyone I know, it’s magic

You've described it as being magic. As being eerily correct and that its "not always write" (ie "not always right") and that somehow the fact your acupuncturist is Chinese is relevant. And now that so many have told you its not even vaguely magic you've decided to agree you know its not magic (well doh, of course it isnt)

Its literally just probability. And logic. Because approximately 50% of all babies born will be boys and 50% girls. In any month, in any year, regardless of how old the mother is. If that isnt obvious to you then you did clearly miss all the lessons on probability at school. Maybe take some maths classes so you'll be better able to help your kids when they get stuck in maths at school.

Apologies for a typo, long day.

that was just the Aibu options.. and it’s clearly tongue in cheek. Yeah it has been eerily correct with the people I know but as demonstrated by the thread it’s not the case for everyone.

and there, rudeness again. What a shame.

Ooh i thought I'll check! Ha ha! Couldn't grt past q.1 cos I was younger than 18 !

I get that you dont like being called out for posting nonsense. But you have.

"clearly tongue in cheek" but you still think its eerily accurate.

Of course its not the case for everyone - it will only ever be right about 50% of the time. Because that is how probability works when given a choice between two and both are equally likely.

Wrong for me!!

It's a cognitive bias - if it's correct then you think OMG!! This is amazing & shout about it but when it's wrong you laugh & ignore it.

It's a guess so will be correct 50% of the time

Wrong for all three of my children

YABU.

@Serencwtch exactly.

It's clearly nonsense and as near as damn it the same as tossing a coin, anyone who says it worked for them is only looking at a tiny snapshot, but you need to look at thousands of births for any statistical accuracy.

But if you want a full scientific analysis of boys vs girls this was covered in a podcast discussion between two professors of maths/statistics that's not as dull as it may sound, have a listen to:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/CbQ18g6MH5cts0PJvdKhGQ/why-are-more-boys-born-in-certain-years

It was right for 1 out of my 3 kids. Saw this when I was pregnant with my third many years ago, bit of fun to see who it predicted right for in my due in group. That baby was supposed to be a girl according to the chart, found out a couple weeks later that DC3 was a boy.

I'm not sure AIBU is the place for you if you can't take someone correcting your maths knowledge. I really don't think that poster has been rude to you.

Maybe some other section of MN would have been a better place to put this.

It was wrong for 2 of my four

Apparently I should have been a boy.

According to that I should have 2 girls & 1 boy. I've got 3 boys.

called Out for what, honestly this is the epitome of mountains out of molehills. It’s sufficient to say, not accurate for me, it’s a load of cobblers. Not everything needs to be this huge MN debate. It’s clearly a lighthearted thread, if you can’t tell something is tongue in cheek then I don’t know what to tell you.

Wrong for 2 out of 3 of mine.

It's telling me I'm having a girl. I'm 36 weeks pregnant with a boy that's been confirmed to be a boy by about 5 or 6 different sonographers at this point (I get growth scans).

Well, it's just told me I'd have a girl....but I had a boy. So not accurate at all here (hardly surprising as it's a load of nonsense!)

Maybe report your own post and ask for it to be moved out of AIBU? AIBU isn't the usual place for light hearted tongue in cheek.

Feel free to report. I’m in a bit of a squeeze this morning. I can report later but I’ve seen quite a few light hearted threads on Aibu if I recall

Well as it predicts gender rather than sex noone will know for several years what gender the child is

You invited people tp pass opinions on its not being science and were called out on its not being science. Which it isn't You asked others to side with its being magic. Which it also isn't, because there is no magic.

Don't post on AIBU and then get the arse because people do exactly what you've asked them to do.

And it's sex, not gender.

Right for two of mine (who share the same birthday two years apart and are the same sex) wrong for the third.

Isn’t the baby’s sex based on the sperm component though? If so would it make more sense for the dads to fill this in and see?

It's up to you to get your own thread moved if you don't like it being treated as AIBU in AIBU. I'd never start a thread in AIBU, personally.

@dreamingofthree called out for not knowing basic maths. This topic is taught at primary school level.
A light hearted thread is a chat of no real consequence. Topics like do you prefer jam or lemon curd on toast.

This isnt that. Its just silly nonsense by someone who either clearly doesnt understand basic maths. Or who is trolling mn. Whichever.