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minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·22 hours agoIt’s not impossible but it’s extremely unlikely.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoI don’t think we have enough data to determine the likelihood.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoYou must construct additional priors!
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·21 hours agoAre “statistically impossible” and “extremely unlikely” not synonyms?
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·21 hours 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-down4·21 hours agoI didn’t say “impossible,” though. I said “statistically impossible.”
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·21 hours agoExactly. That’s why I corrected that it’s statistically extremely unlikely but not impossible.
minus-squarenew_world_odor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours 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.
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. Statistically impossible means that according to statistics it canNOT occur. Extremely unlikely means that in a given percentage of cases, it CAN occur.