Since news is what happens, not what doesn't happen, the denominator in the fraction corresponding to the true probability of an event--all the opportunities for the event to occur, including those in which it doesn't--is invisible, leaving us in the dark... #StevenPinker

- July 26, 2024

Since news is what happens, not what doesn't happen, the denominator in the fraction corresponding to the true probability of an event--all the opportunities for the event to occur, including those in which it doesn't--is invisible, leaving us in the dark... #StevenPinker
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Since news is what happens, not what doesn't happen, the denominator in the fraction corresponding to the true probability of an event--all the opportunities for the event to occur, including those in which it doesn't--is invisible, leaving us in the dark... #StevenPinker

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