Whilst arguing that uncertainty is best measured using numbers and probabilities:
We want to measure uncertainties in order to combine them. A politician said that he preferred adverbs to numbers. Unfortunately it is difficult to combine adverbs.
[missing the point]
On the contrary, combining adverbs is easy. If X is very uncertain, and Y is very uncertain, then X - Y is very, very uncertain.
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Another month has passed and here is a new rationality quotes thread. The usual rules are:
And one new rule: