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Probability Quotes

And realized that death was not only a permanent probability, as he had always believed, but an immediate reality Picture Quote #1

The probability of separate worlds meeting is very small. The lure of it is immense. We send starships. We fall in love Picture Quote #1

All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be sceptical, or at least cautious, and not to admit of any hypothesis whatever, much less of any which is supported by no appearance of probability Picture Quote #1

They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words Picture Quote #1

Embrace the probability of your imminent death... and know there is nothing I can do to save you Picture Quote #1

Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with our ignorance Picture Quote #1

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The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear weapon in the middle of one of our own cities... there’s a high probability of such an attempt Picture Quote #1

When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability and statistics Picture Quote #1

Even if we could be certain that one of the world’s religions were perfectly true, given the sheer number of conflicting faiths on offer, every believer should expect damnation purely as a matter of probability Picture Quote #1

It would be so weird if we knew just as much as we needed to know to answer all the questions of the universe. Wouldn’t that be freaky? Whereas the probability is high that there is a vast reality that we have no way to perceive, that’s actually bearing down on us now and influencing everything Picture Quote #1

The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to the active prosecution of whatever he is desirous to perform. It is true, that no diligence can ascertain success; death may intercept the swiftest career; but he who is cut off in the execution of an honest undertaking has at least the honour of falling in his rank, and has fought the battle, though he missed the victory Picture Quote #1

It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned to the goodness or badness of its administration... Various reasons have been suggested in the course of these papers, to induce a probability that the general government will be better administered than the particular governments Picture Quote #1

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I’ve debated many economists who claim to specialize in risk and probability: when one takes them slightly outside their narrow focus, but within the discipline of probability, they fall apart, with the disconsolate face of a gym rat in front of a gangster hit man Picture Quote #1

It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true, and that there is no direct relation between the truth of a proposition and its probability. Probability begins and ends with probability Picture Quote #1

The most sublime efforts of philosophy can extend no farther than feebly to point out the desire, the hope, or, at most, the probability, of a future state, there is nothing, except a divine revelation, that can ascertain the existence, and describe the condition of the invisible country which is destined to receive the souls of men after their separation from the body Picture Quote #1

The fact that we don’t keep repeating tests in the same arena is not because the probability of the hypothesis showing its falsity in other arenas goes up after it has passed tests in one arena Picture Quote #1

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability Picture Quote #1

If a lack of empirical foundations is a defect of the theory of logical probability, it is also a defect of deductive logic Picture Quote #1

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I never liked riding in helicopters because there’s a fair probability that the bottom part will get going around as fast as the top part Picture Quote #1

It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it Picture Quote #1

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

In general statistics can be considered as the offspring of the theory of probability, it builds on its parent and extends the area of patronymic jurisdiction Picture Quote #1

Social scientists have found that when confronted with either an enormous threat or a huge reward, people tend to focus on the magnitude of the consequence and ignore the probability Picture Quote #1

The grand assertion is that you must see the world through probability and that probability is the only guide you need Picture Quote #1

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Consider the case of a person who holds a view with probability 1. Then coherence says that it is no use having a debate with them because nothing will change their mind Picture Quote #1

The probability of life originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the unabridged dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop Picture Quote #1

$There are errors which no wise man will treat with rudeness while there is a probability that they may be the refraction of some great truth still below the horizon Picture Quote #1$

We often regret we did not do otherwise, when that very otherwise would, in all probability, have done for us Picture Quote #1

The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong probability that yours is a fake Picture Quote #1

We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread Picture Quote #1

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And realized that death was not only a permanent probability, as he had always believed, but an immediate reality (Probability Quotes) The probability of separate worlds meeting is very small. The lure of it is immense. We send starships. We fall in love (Probability Quotes) All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be sceptical, or at least cautious, and not to admit of any hypothesis whatever, much less of any which is supported by no appearance of probability (Probability Quotes) They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words (Probability Quotes) Embrace the probability of your imminent death... and know there is nothing I can do to save you (Probability Quotes) Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with our ignorance (Probability Quotes) The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear weapon in the middle of one of our own cities... there’s a high probability of such an attempt (Probability Quotes) When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability and statistics (Probability Quotes) Even if we could be certain that one of the world’s religions were perfectly true, given the sheer number of conflicting faiths on offer, every believer should expect damnation purely as a matter of probability (Probability Quotes) It would be so weird if we knew just as much as we needed to know to answer all the questions of the universe. Wouldn’t that be freaky? Whereas the probability is high that there is a vast reality that we have no way to perceive, that’s actually bearing down on us now and influencing everything (Probability Quotes) The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to the active prosecution of whatever he is desirous to perform. It is true, that no diligence can ascertain success; death may intercept the swiftest career; but he who is cut off in the execution of an honest undertaking has at least the honour of falling in his rank, and has fought the battle, though he missed the victory (Probability Quotes) It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned to the goodness or badness of its administration... Various reasons have been suggested in the course of these papers, to induce a probability that the general government will be better administered than the particular governments (Probability Quotes) I’ve debated many economists who claim to specialize in risk and probability: when one takes them slightly outside their narrow focus, but within the discipline of probability, they fall apart, with the disconsolate face of a gym rat in front of a gangster hit man (Probability Quotes) It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true, and that there is no direct relation between the truth of a proposition and its probability. Probability begins and ends with probability (Probability Quotes) The most sublime efforts of philosophy can extend no farther than feebly to point out the desire, the hope, or, at most, the probability, of a future state, there is nothing, except a divine revelation, that can ascertain the existence, and describe the condition of the invisible country which is destined to receive the souls of men after their separation from the body (Probability Quotes) The fact that we don’t keep repeating tests in the same arena is not because the probability of the hypothesis showing its falsity in other arenas goes up after it has passed tests in one arena (Probability Quotes) If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability (Probability Quotes) If a lack of empirical foundations is a defect of the theory of logical probability, it is also a defect of deductive logic (Probability Quotes) I never liked riding in helicopters because there’s a fair probability that the bottom part will get going around as fast as the top part (Probability Quotes) It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it (Probability Quotes) The risk of a business being hit by a low probability, high impact event is far higher than most boards realise because the number of potential wild cards is so great (Probability Quotes) In general statistics can be considered as the offspring of the theory of probability, it builds on its parent and extends the area of patronymic jurisdiction (Probability Quotes) Social scientists have found that when confronted with either an enormous threat or a huge reward, people tend to focus on the magnitude of the consequence and ignore the probability (Probability Quotes) The grand assertion is that you must see the world through probability and that probability is the only guide you need (Probability Quotes) Consider the case of a person who holds a view with probability 1. Then coherence says that it is no use having a debate with them because nothing will change their mind (Probability Quotes) The probability of life originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the unabridged dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop (Probability Quotes) There are errors which no wise man will treat with rudeness while there is a probability that they may be the refraction of some great truth still below the horizon (Probability Quotes) We often regret we did not do otherwise, when that very otherwise would, in all probability, have done for us (Probability Quotes) The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong probability that yours is a fake (Probability Quotes) We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread (Probability Quotes)

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