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


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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.



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

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



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.



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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It is what it is. Isn't that how these things always go? They are what they are. We just get to cope.



This advice, although good, was totally inapplicable to my case.

This advice, although good, was totally inapplicable to my case.



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I think that humanity brings much misery on itself by the false value they put on things.



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