Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Inspiration & Paradox 26: What is improbable is extremely probable

What is improbable is extremely probable. — Aristotle

What Aristotle is saying is that if some statement is wildly improbable, it is more improbable still that anyone should have formed it; that is, it would never have been made, unless there had been some evidence for it, and hence such evidence must be compellingly strong!

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