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We do not intend the term "unlikely" to imply an event will not happen. We use "probably" and "likely" to indicate there is a greater than even chance. We use words such as "we cannot dismiss", "we cannot rule out", and "we cannot discount" to reflect an unlikely—or even remote—event whose consequences are such it warrants mentioning.
Risk is the lack of certainty about the outcome of making a particular choice. Statistically, the level of downside risk can be calculated as the product of the probability that harm occurs (e.g., that an accident happens) multiplied by the severity of that harm (i.e., the average amount of harm or more conservatively the maximum credible amount of harm).
Corner quotes, also called “Quine quotes”; for quasi-quotation, i.e. quoting specific context of unspecified (“variable”) expressions; [3] also used for denoting Gödel number; [4] for example “āGā” denotes the Gödel number of G. (Typographical note: although the quotes appears as a “pair” in unicode (231C and 231D), they ...
The Polish logician Alfred Tarski identified three features of an adequate characterization of entailment: (1) The logical consequence relation relies on the logical form of the sentences: (2) The relation is a priori, i.e., it can be determined with or without regard to empirical evidence (sense experience); and (3) The logical consequence ...
Mexico national team manager Javier Aguirre was hit in the head with a beer can following the team's 2-0 loss to Honduras in the first leg of a CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal.. The incident ...
For example, carrying on from the previous example, one can say that knowing that someone is called Socrates is sufficient to know that someone has a Name. A necessary and sufficient condition requires that both of the implications S ⇒ N {\displaystyle S\Rightarrow N} and N ⇒ S {\displaystyle N\Rightarrow S} (the latter of which can also be ...
But word is out about Subway's latest footlong offering and, well, they might want to walk it back a few inches. According to the food news account @snackolator, Subway is currently testing ...
There's no best type of interest rate — rather, the difference is that fixed rates stay the same over time while variable rates can change based on market conditions. In many cases, the choice ...