Imagination is a good horse to carry you over the ground - not a flying carpet to set you free from probability. From LearnThat.org. [Robertson Davies (1913-1995)]
The probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Note that it does not mean it will happen, just that the probability is approaching 1 or unity. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Prepping for Pucka.] Reference
What's happening, we call a probability of ignition. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2002] Reference
The probability is that the children are illegitimate. From Wordnik.com. [Oldtown Folks] Reference
At maternal age 20 to 24, the probability is one in 1562. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Will Sarah Palin call on Rush Limbaugh to apologize for saying liberal activists are ‘retards’?] Reference
Chest pain - probability of complications requiring ICU care. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2002-05-01] Reference
The probability is she is one of the missing water-schooners. From Wordnik.com. [The Civil War in America] Reference
The cool thing about probability is that anything is possible. From Wordnik.com. [There is No God | Heretical Ideas Magazine] Reference
People used it to explain probability storms to their offspring. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Thief] Reference
The word probability does not have a consistent direct definition. From Wordnik.com. [LearnHub Activities] Reference
It doesn't matter what that probability is or how he estimated it. From Wordnik.com. [Behe's Test, Take 2] Reference
I'm not asking what the probability is that designer can do design. From Wordnik.com. [Confirmation Bias and ID] Reference
But progressives think the probability is decent so we should keep trying. From Wordnik.com. [In Which Ezra Shows Why He is not Close to Conversion, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
"Very," said Fleda; "but on which side, in all probability, is the pride?". From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
But it hasn't in the past, and the probability is that it won't in the future. From Wordnik.com. [The Employment Situation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
If the US pulls out the probability is higher that Iraq will fall to Al Qeada. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Cheney: If U.S. Troops Come Home, Osama Bin Laden Will Rule Iraq] Reference
If the US stays the probability is better that a liberal democracy will flourish. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Cheney: If U.S. Troops Come Home, Osama Bin Laden Will Rule Iraq] Reference
But showing that a particular hypothesis has a low probability is not that simple. From Wordnik.com. [The Memory Hole] Reference
The probability is that it did not take place till a considerable time afterwards. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
This quantum mechanical probability is now universally known as the Gamow factor. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Fusion] Reference
The second high probability is that Congress will do something with Social Security. From Wordnik.com. [2006 September « Hyperpat’s HyperDay] Reference
And the beauty of the policies of probability is that they work like they say they do. From Wordnik.com. [There is No God | Heretical Ideas Magazine] Reference
A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan’s Memos for Justice Marshall] Reference
Bayesian probability is also known as subjective probability, personal probability, or epistemic probability. From Wordnik.com. [Reservoirs Gain Water at cvillenews.com] Reference
Of these, Nice, or Nicaea, was one of the most remarkable; so called, in all probability, from the Greek word. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
The 65% probability is an assignment of bringing this project in at the specified cost, at the specified time. From Wordnik.com. [CBO on Ares, Orion, and Shuttle - NASA Watch] Reference
The paradoxical feature of the laws of probability is that they make unlikely events happen unexpectedly often. From Wordnik.com. [Common Miracles] Reference
My foundation in probability comes from my undergraduate and graduate education at The University of Pennsylvania. From Wordnik.com. [An Interview with Adam Fawer « So Many Books] Reference
The probability is that there is embodied in these Lamentations much of the language of Jeremiah's original Elegy on. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
So in a high crime area, the probability is 68% that young African American male approaching you has a criminal record. From Wordnik.com. [Search me « BuzzMachine] Reference
( "Anyone who seeks the aid of probability is lost in imagination," Kierkegaard writes, "whatever else he may try to do."). From Wordnik.com. [This and/or that] Reference
Maybe you can look at Axe's 2004 paper and calculate the ranges of "protein probability" at the 95% and 99% confidence levels. From Wordnik.com. [A Nagging Question about MN] Reference
As you say, science will tend to favour theories of higher probabilities, and dismiss theories where the probability is too low. From Wordnik.com. [Confirmation Bias and ID] Reference
However, the probability is not zero and, hence, the uniformity of planetary motion is not a necessary proof of an Intelligent Designer. From Wordnik.com. [An Historic Tidbit] Reference
Frank Castor: -- No. I do think that you committed a Freudian slip in your use of the word probability rather than the word possibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
• A 64 percent chance at least one major hurricane will strike a U.S. coastline, 12 percentage points above the long-term probability. From Wordnik.com. [Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal] Reference
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