Google| Subject | Re: Queen mother (of Britain) has died |
| From | Joy |
| Date | 2002-04-11 08:49 (2002-04-10 23:49) |
| Message-ID | <29ff3ad6.0204102249.7e8ed746@posting.google.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Donald Shepherd |
Donald Shepherd <donald_shepherd@hotmail.com>wrote:
Donald ShepherdAh... ok. So I maybe should've said "it *is* unlikely, because the probability is slim", because "slim" is a subset of "unlikely"..? Argh, whatever. :) And anyway, who's to say what is "slim"?! You men and your oppressive fashion magazines!! <whines in typical feminist manner>
<snip the rest of the conversation for the one bit that I can comment on>JoyDonald Shepherd
Aren't "unlikely" and "the probability is slim" basically the same? Yes, I assume that the probability of evolution is slim... because it seems unlikely... <looks confused>
Unlikely only means that there is a less than 50% chance of it happening. "The probability is slim" implies a much lower chance, around 10% or less, the way I read it.
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