Probability Law

Famous quotes containing the words probability and/or law:

“Legends of prediction are common throughout the whole Household of Man. Gods speak, spirits speak, computers speak. Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin (b. 1929)

“There ought to be a law against necessity.”
—E.Y. Harburg (1898–1981)