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minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoNo. “Impossible” is an absolute statement, whereas “extremely unlikely” leaves a non-zero chance for the unlikely thing to actually happen.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoI didn’t say “impossible,” though. I said “statistically impossible.”
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoExactly. That’s why I corrected that it’s statistically extremely unlikely but not impossible.
No. “Impossible” is an absolute statement, whereas “extremely unlikely” leaves a non-zero chance for the unlikely thing to actually happen.
I didn’t say “impossible,” though. I said “statistically impossible.”
Exactly. That’s why I corrected that it’s statistically extremely unlikely but not impossible.