“Hope does not always require probability. But we must believe that what we hope for is at least possible.” — John Perry, A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality
Tag: probability
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“Magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.” — Terry Pratchett, Mort
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“Looking back over a lifetime, we describe what happened as if it had a plan. To fully understand how accidental and random life is — how vast the odds are against any single event taking place — would be humbling.” — Roger Ebert, RED (1994-13-02)
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“A fool must now and then be right by chance.” — William Cowper, Conversation
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“Our lives, in great part, are made up of events that ordinarily would not occur.” — Edward Owings Towne, Aphorisms of the Three Threes
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“There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible.” — Jack Vance, The Languages of Pao
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