tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post707626538403813094..comments2024-03-28T13:23:50.623-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: The improbable and the impossibleAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-48365624733017470372015-10-26T15:37:23.220-05:002015-10-26T15:37:23.220-05:00Good point. But we are fooled so rarely (if only b...Good point. But we are fooled so rarely (if only because it is so rare that people want to fool us).Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-78588818088664571202015-10-26T15:27:02.441-05:002015-10-26T15:27:02.441-05:00One problem with this is that people can and do ta...One problem with this is that people can and do take deliberate advantage of it; e.g. the magician Teller says, "You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other sane onlooker) would be willing to invest." And this happens precisely because people follow this reasoning process.entirelyuselesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12422102436356978880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-90713431739104022012012-04-09T11:12:57.248-05:002012-04-09T11:12:57.248-05:00Nice. Only the second occurrence of 'impossibl...Nice. Only the second occurrence of 'impossible' in line 4 should be 'improbable'.Luis Estrada-Gonzálezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13411758791812411199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-31810527405113033052012-04-09T01:57:15.385-05:002012-04-09T01:57:15.385-05:00I like this. :]I like this. :]Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387508003998480509noreply@blogger.com