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minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·4 days agoIt’s not impossible but it’s extremely unlikely.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI don’t think we have enough data to determine the likelihood.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYou must construct additional priors!
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·4 days agoAre “statistically impossible” and “extremely unlikely” not synonyms?
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoNo. “Impossible” is an absolute statement, whereas “extremely unlikely” leaves a non-zero chance for the unlikely thing to actually happen.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·4 days agoI didn’t say “impossible,” though. I said “statistically impossible.”
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoExactly. That’s why I corrected that it’s statistically extremely unlikely but not impossible.
minus-squarenew_world_odor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoNo. Statistically impossible means that according to statistics it canNOT occur. Extremely unlikely means that in a given percentage of cases, it CAN occur.
It’s not impossible but it’s extremely unlikely.
I don’t think we have enough data to determine the likelihood.
You must construct additional priors!
Are “statistically impossible” and “extremely unlikely” not synonyms?
No. “Impossible” is an absolute statement, whereas “extremely unlikely” leaves a non-zero chance for the unlikely thing to actually happen.
I didn’t say “impossible,” though. I said “statistically impossible.”
Exactly. That’s why I corrected that it’s statistically extremely unlikely but not impossible.
No.
No. Statistically impossible means that according to statistics it canNOT occur. Extremely unlikely means that in a given percentage of cases, it CAN occur.