JonF
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| Quote (Joe G @ June 24 2015,14:49) | | Quote (JonF @ June 24 2015,13:47) | | Quote (Joe G @ June 24 2015,14:26) | | Quote | 1. the chance that something will happen
2. something that has a chance of happening
3. a measure of how often a particular event will happen if something (such as tossing a coin) is done repeatedly |
Impossible things do not fit any of those.
1- Impossible things do not have a chance they will happen
2- Impossible things do have a chance of happening
3- we cannot measure impossible things let alone repeat them |
Yeah, you keep claiming that. And all the definitions and references you and I have posted refute those claims.
As your own references said, probability zero = impossible. Impsossible things do have a chance of happening, it's zero. No chance
I find your point three especially amusing, albeit totally irrelevant. |
Impossible things don't have a chance. Probability theory assigns that a value of 0 but it also says that zero probability and impossible are not the same thing. |
Except,of course, for all the definitions and referenced you and I and others have dug up. You linked to an interesting argument at http://lesswrong.com/lw....ilities but it has to do with Bayesian arguments and mathematical manipulations. You just read the headline.
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