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Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.


David R. Ellis


#damn #fourth #law #near #probability

Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.


Andrew Lo


#management #maybe #probability #risk #risk management

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.


Andy Rooney


#anytime #chance #get #getting #probability

If you can't argue properly, how can you ever come to a decision when you flip a coin? One side always has some butthead on it, and the reverse bears a lofty representation. Whichever case you make for your side, you can't afford to leave something like that to chance.


Bauvard


#chance #coin-flipping #funny #humor #probability

When you turn from one room to the next, when your animal senses no longer perceive the sounds of the dishwasher, the ticking clock, the smell of a chicken roasting - the kitchen and all its seemingly discrete bits dissolve into nothingness - or into waves of probability.


Robert Lanza


#bits #chicken #clock #discrete #dishwasher

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.


Richard Dawkins


#essence #improbability #life #scale #statistical

It's not about the pace, it's about the direction we've set. The pace is of course a function of many factors, including the magnitude of the supply shock. But what's probably more important is the probability of the supply shock translating into sustainable embedded inflation.


Marek Belka


#course #direction #embedded #factors #function

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.


George Boole


#affecting #certainty #change #circumstances #demand

Let me state what the official IPCC prediction is: Sea levels could go up as much as three-quarters of a meter in this century, but there is a reasonable probability it could be much higher than that.


Steven Chu


#could #go #higher #ipcc #levels

The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time.


Chris Hughes


#care #connected #higher #individual #involved






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