People are entirely too disbelieving of coincidence. They are far too ready to dismiss it and to build arcane structures of extremely… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
People assign much higher probability to the truth of their opinions than is warranted. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
What is being talked about now is the probability of the Sharon government launching an attack against Lebanon to eliminate the resistance… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
It follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptance, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under… — George Boole Copy Share Image
In all probability, mental states are processes and activities of the brain. Exactly what activities, and exactly at what level of description,… — Patricia Churchland Copy Share Image
“Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon zero. Yet… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search the chance of success is zero. — Philip Morrison Copy Share Image
Much attention has been focused on the MMR shot itself, whereas in all probability it is a combination of the three factors… — Bernard Rimland Copy Share Image
If you leave school at 16 then, in all probability, there is a machine that can do what you can do better… — Nicholas Bloom Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that probability increases with practice. Fortune favours the brave, fortune favours the prepared mind, and fortune favours… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low… — Sidney Hook Copy Share Image
The best practical advice then is: try to maximize your expected payoff, which is the sum of all payoffs multiplied by probabilities. — Howard Raiffa Copy Share Image
In the financial system we have today, with less risk concentrated in banks, the probability of systemic financial crises may be lower… — Timothy Geithner Copy Share Image
In short, absolute, so-called mathematical, factors never find a firm basis in military calculations. From the very start, there is an interplay… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Failure to meditate in the morning increases the probability of chaos throughout the day. — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
Even the humblest men have a strange reason behind greed. Every man thinks money solves problems - and every man thinks not… — Siddharth Katragadda Copy Share Image
Man's destiny was no longer determined from 'above' by a super-human wisdom and will, but from 'below' by the sub-human agencies of… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
A person who is psychic is following a line of probability to see a probable future; but it can change. Another causal… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Money isn't always the best motivator. If you leave a $50 check after dinner with friends, you don't increase the probability of… — Yochai Benkler Copy Share Image
Take the probability of loss times the amount of possible loss from the probability of gain times the amount of possible gain.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Some of my Arcanum bunkmates taught me a card game called dogs-breath. I returned the favor by giving an impromptu lesson in… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The incomplete knowledge of a system must be an essential part of every formulation in quantum theory. Quantum theoretical laws must be… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
It is almost possible to predict one or two days in advance, within a rather broad range of probability, what the weather… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
We come finally, however, to the relation of the ideal theory to real world, or "real" probability. If he is consistent a… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
