"Probability fractions arise from our knowledge and from our ignorance."

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Source : Ian Hacking (2006). “The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference”, p.132, Cambridge University Press

Ian Hacking

#Ignorance Quotes #Arise Quotes #Fractions Quotes

“Other pirates leaped over the railing. One, two... seven... thirteen. A bakerâ€™s dozen. Wait, fifteen. Eighteen... Twenty-one. The odds werenâ€™t in our favor. â€œMaybe they just came over to borrow a cup of sugar,â€ I said. Andrea barked a short laugh. Curran put his hand on my shoulder. â€œThatâ€™s a lot of sugar. Must be a big cake.”
“I've bought QPP shares but unfortunately both times I bought it they immediately dropped by over 10p. Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes?”
“Things only 'show up' for us as they do, as Heidegger would put, in and through practical engagements with the world that enable objects to have significance and salience - as hammers, pots, trees or whatever.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“We're so screwed up with our principles. We used to mock Japanese game shows where they ate bugs. Now we're doing the same, if not worse. It's terrifying... It seems the better the quality (of what you're trying to do), the more you're penalised.. There are some very good people in television, but a lot of fools running it. They put fame ahead of talent and think someone from EastEnders will put bums on seats.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Rule of thumb: The more trimmings an insurance plan has and the harder someone is pitching it, the faster you should run.”

Source : "The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know". Book by Andrew Tobias, 1982.
“There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.”

Source : Tryon Edwards (1853). “The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors”, p.181
“You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.”
“I do like to explore evil characters in my books.”

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