#probability

The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again. ↗

— B. F. Skinner

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If nature has taught us anything it is that the impossible is probable ↗

— Ilyas Kassam

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Blind nature will nearly always select the most probable, but man can let the most improbable become actual. ↗

— Hans Jonas

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Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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Probability is an inexact science ↗

— Brendan Curry

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Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. ↗

— William Osler

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But to us, probability is the very guide of life. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters. ↗

— John Major

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The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

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