No lol. Sorry for the misunderstanding. By astronomically low chances of it being a coincidence I mean very very very low chances of it being a coincidence.

You're not retarded. You just sent me down a rabbit hole of Googling grammar online.

So, astronomical without the low added would default to a very very high value. I've used, heard, and found online the usage of astronomically low to denote a very small quantity. With astronomical acting as a modifier to low, it'd be like saying enormously low. But, apparently, that's improper -- the proper word choice would be infinitesimal. So, thanks to you I learned a new thing today, and I learned that I (and others) have been using the phrase improperly for a long time. That's embarrassing.

No lol. Sorry for the misunderstanding. By astronomically low chances of it being a coincidence I mean very very very low chances of it being a coincidence.

You're not retarded. You just sent me down a rabbit hole of Googling grammar online.

So, astronomical without the low added would default to a very very high value. I've used, heard, and found online the usage of astronomically low to denote a very small quantity. But, apparently, that's improper -- the proper word choice would be infinitesimal. So, thanks to you I learned a new thing today, and I learned that I (and others) have been using the phrase improperly for a long time. That's embarrassing.