POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Quotable : Re: Quotable Server Time
8 Sep 2024 03:15:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Quotable  
From: Mueen Nawaz
Date: 2 Jun 2008 20:52:04
Message: <484495b4$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
>>>>         There is a non-zero probability that this can happen.
>>>   I bet the probability is so small that it hits the barrier of some
>>> physical constant (Planck maybe?)
> 
>>         I'm not sure what that means. Probability is a mathematical construct - 
>> not beholden to physical constants.
> 
>   Electrons are physical particles, not mathematical constructs.

	Yes, but probabilities of electrons doing something are mathematical 
constructs.

	If I calculate the probability of an event occurring to be much smaller 
than any physical constant, it can still happen tomorrow.

-- 
A closed mouth gathers no feet...


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