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Jason (not verified)
27th August 2012 | 6:09pm

Assuming a normal distribution, one would expect a 7-sigma occurrence once every 3,105,395,365 years.

Using Excel and MATLAB, a paper from UCD Business Schools calculated the probability of up to 25-sigma. Needless to say, the calculations are tongue-in-cheek given they quickly become meaninglessly large.

http://www.smurfitschool.ie/academicsampresearch/workingpapers/wp_08_13…