Entry: Possibility and Probability Saturday, September 10, 2005




Godhand8357: Possibility and probability are two very different things.
AIMsuck001: Good one
AIMsuck001: Didn't think about that one
AIMsuck001:

"Possibility comprises that which one can achieve, or alternatively one's potential.
The Latin origins of the word hint at ability.
Compare the more mathematical and less personal probability."
AIMsuck001:
"The word ''probability'' derives from the Latin ''probare'' (to prove, or to test). 
Informally, ''probable'' is one of several words applied to uncertain events or knowledge,
being more or less interchangeable with ''likely'', ''risky'', ''hazardous'', ''uncertain'', and ''doubtful'', depending on the context."
''Chance'', ''odds'', and ''bet'' are other words expressing similar notions.
As with the theory of mechanics which assigns precise definitions to such everyday terms as ''work'' and ''force'', so the theory of probability attempts to quantify the notion of ''probable''."


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