“And some scientists and other intellectuals are convinced—too eagerly in my view—that the question of God's existence belongs in the forever inaccessible… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If we look at the way the universe behaves, quantum mechanics gives us fundamental, unavoidable indeterminacy, so that alternative histories of the… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
There are errors which no wise man will treat with rudeness while there is a probability that they may be the refraction… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
An ingenious web of probabilities is the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“There is asymmetry. Those who die do so very early in the game, while those who live go on living very long.… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
At one level, SXSW exemplifies serendipity, because whenever I come, I get these unexpected meetings with people I never knew existed, and… — John Hagel III Copy Share Image
It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
You travel life has the aspect of a dream. It is something outside the normal, yet you are in it. It is… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
If that's true and the rate stays like that for another 40 years, there's a good probability that somebody who is active… — Keith Anderson Copy Share Image
... the smaller the domain where choices among alternatives are made collectively, the smaller will be the probability that any individual's preference… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share Image
A further aspect I should like to discuss is what I call the practice of infinite escape clauses. I believe we developed… — Sidney W. Fox Copy Share Image
Let me state what the official IPCC prediction is: Sea levels could go up as much as three-quarters of a meter in… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
Results rarely specify their causes unambiguously. If we have no direct evidence of fossils or human chronicles, if we are forced to… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people… — John Major Copy Share Image
I do object to the assumption that anything that might be outside of nature is ruled out of the conversation. That's an… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Everybody knows you're going to miss some. It's just the reality and the probability of it. It's the ultimate paradox for a… — Nate Kaeding Copy Share Image
Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts and supported by the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders involved, it is… — Paul Nitze Copy Share Image
Ultimately you want to optimize championship probability over some window. But if you literally take that to the logical extreme, you would… — Daryl Morey Copy Share Image
When it looks like the sun isn't going to shine any more, God puts a rainbow in the clouds. Each one of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“A good decision cannot guarantee a good outcome. All real decisions are made under uncertainty. A decision is therefore a bet, and… — Ward Edwards Copy Share Image
I think the probability of a supernatural creator existing is very very low, — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Use the formula P=40 to 70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I failed math twice, never fully grasping probability theory. I mean, first off, who cares if you pick a black ball or… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
