Kaj_Sotala comments on Thanksgiving Prayer - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 November 2008 04:17AM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 28 November 2008 02:10:27PM 5 points [-]

I don't think Eliezer's wording necessarily implies "probability 1". I occasionally say that thing X is impossible, meaning that the probability of not-X is close-but-not-quite 1. I don't specifically say that I don't mean probability 1 exactly, because it should go without saying that nothing has probability 1, and I can't be bothered with tacking on the extra words.

Comment author: Kenny 13 July 2013 07:55:18PM 1 point [-]

It'd be nice if things like that indeed did go without saying, especially on this site.