Words like 'certain', 'likely' and so on, may not mean the same to everyone. We need to be more precise about how likely something (an outcome) is to happen. The probability of an outcome can have any ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Toshi Hirabayashi, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) I was preparing ...