Modern Quote by Arthur Eddington

To talk intelligibly about modern physics, we have to admit the possibility of uncaused events.

— Taner Edis

“To leave the atom constituted as it was but to interfere with the probability of its undetermined behaviour, does not seem quite so drastic…

— Arthur Stanley Eddington

Misunderstanding of probability may be the greatest of all impediments to scientific literacy.

— Stephen Jay Gould

It follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptance, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under which an…

— George Boole

It was our use of probability theory as logic that has enabled us to do so easily what was impossible for those who thought…

— Edwin Thompson Jaynes

“A distinguished writer [Siméon Denis Poisson] has thus stated the fundamental definitions of the science: 'The probability of an event is the reason we…

— George Boole

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into…

— George Boole

“The quantum theory is based on the idea that there is a probability that all possible events, no matter how fantastic or silly, might…

— Michio Kaku

Earlier attempts to show that simpler theories always have higher prior probabilities have failed, but there is a restricted circumstance in which the claim…

— Elliott Sober

“Unlike classical certainty, quantum systems describe likelihoods, not fixed outcomes.”

— Ludmila Morozova-Buss

Many modern philosophers claim that probability is relation between an hypothesis and the evidence for it.

— Ian Hacking

“The probabilitation of possibilities is the mother of many unrealistic ideas,uninformative decisions,inappropriate measures and unfair actions because most of the times we were approximate…

— Mpho Leteng