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Probability Quotes

There is a great probability that our loss of capacity for enjoying the positive joys of life is largely due to the decreased sensibility of our senses and our lack of full use of them. All human happiness is sensuous happiness Picture Quote #1

Is it 10 years, 20, 50 before we reach that tipping point where climate change becomes irreversible? Nobody can know. There’s clearly a probability distribution. We need to ensure this planet, and we need to do it quickly Picture Quote #1

Every company needs to have a skunkworks, to try things that have a high probability of failing. You try to minimize failure, but at the same time, if you’re not willing to try things that are inherently risky, you’re not going to make progress Picture Quote #1

It is prima facie highly implausible that life as we know it is the result of a sequence of physical accidents together with the mechanism of natural selection. We are supposed to abandon this naïve response, not in favor of a fully worked out physical/chemical explanation but in favor of an alternative that is really a schema for explanation, supported by some examples. What is lacking, to my knowledge, is a credible argument that the story has a nonnegligible probability of being true Picture Quote #1

I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking Picture Quote #1

At a purely formal level, one could call probability theory the study of measure spaces with total measure one, but that would be like calling number theory the study of strings of digits which terminate Picture Quote #1

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Protein synthesis is a central problem for the whole of biology, and that it is in all probability closely related to gene action Picture Quote #1

What happens with fear is that probability doesn’t matter very much. That is, once I have raised the possibility that something terrible can happen to your child, even though the possibility is remote, you may find it very difficult to think of anything else. Emotion becomes dominant Picture Quote #1

A person who is psychic is following a line of probability to see a probable future; but it can change. Another causal fact will interfere and that future won’t happen Picture Quote #1

Is the world ruled by strict laws or not? This question I regard as metaphysical. The laws we find are always hypotheses; which means that they may always be superseded, and that they may possibly be deduced from probability estimates. Yet denying causality would be the same as attempting to persuade the theorist to give up his search; and that such an attempt cannot be backed by anything like a proof Picture Quote #1

I don’t mind the low probability of success, but it better be impactful if we do succeed Picture Quote #1

The probability of ten consecutive heads is 0.1 percent; thus, when you have millions of coin tossers, or investors, in the end there will be thousands of very successful practitioners of coin tossing, or stock picking Picture Quote #1

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All the politics in the world are nothing else but a kind of analysis of the quantity of probability in casual events, and a good politician signifies no more but one who is dexterous at such calculations Picture Quote #1

The machine has no feelings, it feels no fear and no hope... it operates according to the pure logic of probability. For this reason I assert that the robot perceives more accurately than man Picture Quote #1

On their way toward modern science human beings have discarded meaning. The concept is replaced by the formula, the cause by rules and probability Picture Quote #1

Many modern philosophers claim that probability is relation between an hypothesis and the evidence for it Picture Quote #1

Yet there seemed to be some truth in the law of probability, according to which the chance of success is directly proportionate to the number of repetitions Picture Quote #1

The risk of a business being hit by a low probability, high impact event is far higher than most boards realize because the number of potential wild cards is so great Picture Quote #1

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The idea is to buy when the probability is greatest that the market is going to advance Picture Quote #1

Take the probability of loss times the amount of possible loss from the probability of gain times the amount of possible gain. That is what we’re trying to do. It’s imperfect, but that’s what it’s all about Picture Quote #1

Liberty is a blessing so inestimable, that, wherever there appears any probability of recovering it, a nation may willingly run many hazards, and ought not even to repine at the greatest effusion of blood or dissipation of treasure Picture Quote #1

Before you invest, you must ensure that you have realistically assessed your probability of being right and how you will react to the consequences of being wrong Picture Quote #1

Motivation is highest when the probability of success is 50 percent: We don’t get involved if the task is too easy or too hard Picture Quote #1

Synchronicity: A meaningful coincidence of two or more events where something other than the probability of chance is involved Picture Quote #1

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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle Picture Quote #1

No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability Picture Quote #1

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property of man Picture Quote #1

Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals... must be content with probability, where our best light and reasoning will reach no farther Picture Quote #1

Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you’d think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise Picture Quote #1

The uniformity of the earth’s life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high probability that we derived, originally, from some single cell, fertilized in a bolt of lightning as the earth cooled Picture Quote #1

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There is a great probability that our loss of capacity for enjoying the positive joys of life is largely due to the decreased sensibility of our senses and our lack of full use of them. All human happiness is sensuous happiness (Probability Quotes) Is it 10 years, 20, 50 before we reach that tipping point where climate change becomes irreversible? Nobody can know. There’s clearly a probability distribution. We need to ensure this planet, and we need to do it quickly (Probability Quotes) Every company needs to have a skunkworks, to try things that have a high probability of failing. You try to minimize failure, but at the same time, if you’re not willing to try things that are inherently risky, you’re not going to make progress (Probability Quotes) It is prima facie highly implausible that life as we know it is the result of a sequence of physical accidents together with the mechanism of natural selection. We are supposed to abandon this naïve response, not in favor of a fully worked out physical/chemical explanation but in favor of an alternative that is really a schema for explanation, supported by some examples. What is lacking, to my knowledge, is a credible argument that the story has a nonnegligible probability of being true (Probability Quotes) I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking (Probability Quotes) At a purely formal level, one could call probability theory the study of measure spaces with total measure one, but that would be like calling number theory the study of strings of digits which terminate (Probability Quotes) Protein synthesis is a central problem for the whole of biology, and that it is in all probability closely related to gene action (Probability Quotes) What happens with fear is that probability doesn’t matter very much. That is, once I have raised the possibility that something terrible can happen to your child, even though the possibility is remote, you may find it very difficult to think of anything else. Emotion becomes dominant (Probability Quotes) A person who is psychic is following a line of probability to see a probable future; but it can change. Another causal fact will interfere and that future won’t happen (Probability Quotes) Is the world ruled by strict laws or not? This question I regard as metaphysical. The laws we find are always hypotheses; which means that they may always be superseded, and that they may possibly be deduced from probability estimates. Yet denying causality would be the same as attempting to persuade the theorist to give up his search; and that such an attempt cannot be backed by anything like a proof (Probability Quotes) I don’t mind the low probability of success, but it better be impactful if we do succeed (Probability Quotes) The probability of ten consecutive heads is 0.1 percent; thus, when you have millions of coin tossers, or investors, in the end there will be thousands of very successful practitioners of coin tossing, or stock picking (Probability Quotes) All the politics in the world are nothing else but a kind of analysis of the quantity of probability in casual events, and a good politician signifies no more but one who is dexterous at such calculations (Probability Quotes) The machine has no feelings, it feels no fear and no hope... it operates according to the pure logic of probability. For this reason I assert that the robot perceives more accurately than man (Probability Quotes) On their way toward modern science human beings have discarded meaning. The concept is replaced by the formula, the cause by rules and probability (Probability Quotes) Many modern philosophers claim that probability is relation between an hypothesis and the evidence for it (Probability Quotes) Yet there seemed to be some truth in the law of probability, according to which the chance of success is directly proportionate to the number of repetitions (Probability Quotes) The risk of a business being hit by a low probability, high impact event is far higher than most boards realize because the number of potential wild cards is so great (Probability Quotes) The idea is to buy when the probability is greatest that the market is going to advance (Probability Quotes) Take the probability of loss times the amount of possible loss from the probability of gain times the amount of possible gain. That is what we’re trying to do. It’s imperfect, but that’s what it’s all about (Probability Quotes) Liberty is a blessing so inestimable, that, wherever there appears any probability of recovering it, a nation may willingly run many hazards, and ought not even to repine at the greatest effusion of blood or dissipation of treasure (Probability Quotes) Before you invest, you must ensure that you have realistically assessed your probability of being right and how you will react to the consequences of being wrong (Probability Quotes) Motivation is highest when the probability of success is 50 percent: We don’t get involved if the task is too easy or too hard (Probability Quotes) Synchronicity: A meaningful coincidence of two or more events where something other than the probability of chance is involved (Probability Quotes) The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle (Probability Quotes) No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability (Probability Quotes) Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property of man (Probability Quotes) Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals... must be content with probability, where our best light and reasoning will reach no farther (Probability Quotes) Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you’d think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise (Probability Quotes) The uniformity of the earth’s life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high probability that we derived, originally, from some single cell, fertilized in a bolt of lightning as the earth cooled (Probability Quotes)

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