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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 10:42am
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The play currently under scrutiny is one which is not possible.

Somebody had to say it.

It might not be possible but it is probable.

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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 11:04am
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It might not be possible but it is probable.


You inadvertently reversed this, right? It might not be probable, but it is possible.

Right?

(If something is not possible, then it cannot be probable.)
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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 11:29am
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You inadvertently reversed this, right? It might not be probable, but it is possible.

Right?

(If something is not possible, then it cannot be probable.)

No, I didn't. Anything is possible but probablities fall under the area of mathematics called statistics. (In this political season remember what Mark Twains said: "There are lies, damned lies, and then there are statistics." )

The probablity of something occuring could range from 0.0 to 1.0 (read: 0% to 100%). The probablity of this situation happening is (and I am just guessing here) 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,...,001, and it could even be smaller or larger.

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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 02:26pm
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If you were sitting on top of the board holding the ball, and tried to place it there where it would remain when you took your hand off, that would be very difficult. If you stand on the floor and try to throw, shoot, bounce or otherwise propel the ball to where it winds up motionless on top of the backboard, touching only the backboard, I submit that this is impossible. That's right, it can't be done.
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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 06:17pm
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If you stand on the floor and try to throw, shoot, bounce or otherwise propel the ball to where it winds up motionless on top of the backboard, touching only the backboard, I submit that this is impossible. That's right, it can't be done.
A million monkeys, with a million balls, with a million backboards, in a million years ...
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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 07:32pm
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A million monkeys, with a million balls, with a million backboards, in a million years ...
...you might get the works of Shakespeare.
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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 07:37pm
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...you might get the works of Shakespeare.
Shakespeare couldn't throw the ball up there, either.
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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 07:49pm
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...you might get the works of Shakespeare.
Impossible. The monkeys would need a million typewriters.
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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 08:52pm
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No, I didn't. Anything is possible but probablities fall under the area of mathematics called statistics. (In this political season remember what Mark Twains said: "There are lies, damned lies, and then there are statistics." )

The probablity of something occuring could range from 0.0 to 1.0 (read: 0% to 100%). The probablity of this situation happening is (and I am just guessing here) 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,...,001, and it could even be smaller or larger.

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It's false that anything is possible. Some things are impossible, and thus have probability zero.

It's impossible to be taller than yourself, for example.
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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 09:36pm
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It's false that anything is possible. Some things are impossible, and thus have probability zero.

It's impossible to be taller than yourself, for example.
Or: It is impossible for the same event to occur both before and after a separate event.
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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 09:56pm
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Or: It is impossible for the same event to occur both before and after a separate event.
Dang, you beat me to it
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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 09:58pm
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