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Uncertainty is a personal matter; it is not the uncertainty but your uncertainty.


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Utility is the emotion pleading to be let into the house of pure reason and thereby enriching it.

Utility is the emotion pleading to be let into the house of pure reason and thereby enriching it.



Consider the case of a person who holds a view with probability 1. Then coherence says that it is no use having a debate with them because nothing will change their mind.

Consider the case of a person who holds a view with probability 1. Then coherence says that it is no use having a debate with them because nothing will change their mind.



Almost all thinking people agree that you should not have probability 1 (or 0) for any event, other than one demonstrable by logic, like 2 x 2 = 4.

Almost all thinking people agree that you should not have probability 1 (or 0) for any event, other than one demonstrable by logic, like 2 x 2 = 4.



Whatever way uncertainty is approached, probability is the only sound way to think about it.

Whatever way uncertainty is approached, probability is the only sound way to think about it.



It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility.

It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility.



The grand assertion is that you must see the world through probability and that probability is the only guide you need.

The grand assertion is that you must see the world through probability and that probability is the only guide you need.



In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged.

In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged.



Generally there is Stigler's law of eponymy that says that a scientific notion is never attributed to the right person; in particular, the law is not due to Stigler.

Generally there is Stigler's law of eponymy that says that a scientific notion is never attributed to the right person; in particular, the law is not due to Stigler.





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Only in hindsight can we see that out fears and worries were unwarranted, that insecurities and doubts were just illussions, or that we should have taken a risk or dared something new sooner.

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Magic is always there. Sometimes it just takes an artist to find it and show the rest of us where to look.



Looking at these photographs, I know that I will never understand the world I live in or fully know the places I've been. I've learned for sure only what I don't know - and how much I have to learn.

Looking at these photographs, I know that I will never understand the world I live in or fully know the places I've been. I've learned for sure only what I don't know - and how much I have to learn.



If one day she'll forgot the things about me, then I wish we haven't had this chance to know each other.

If one day she'll forgot the things about me, then I wish we haven't had this chance to know each other.



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Good temper is an estate for life.




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