daggermoon@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoHow come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?message-squaremessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareHow come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?daggermoon@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square55linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechaosCruiser@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoLikewise, “all but impossible” sounds like the probability is anywhere above zero (0, 1]. Counterintuitively, what it really means is that it is actually very close to zero. So maybe something like [0, 0.1]. Should zero be included in this interval?
minus-squareJunkers_Klunker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agoYou could, but apparently don’t.
minus-squarechaosCruiser@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoWho knows really. Take it literally, and they probably care quite a bit. If not, the amount of caring is exactly zero.
Likewise, “all but impossible” sounds like the probability is anywhere above zero (0, 1]. Counterintuitively, what it really means is that it is actually very close to zero. So maybe something like [0, 0.1]. Should zero be included in this interval?
I could care less about this
You could, but apparently don’t.
wooosh?
Who knows really. Take it literally, and they probably care quite a bit. If not, the amount of caring is exactly zero.
So you care a lot?
Thanks!