Probability is not about the odds, but about the belief in the existence of an alternative outcome, cause, or motive. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

Probability is not about the odds, but about the belief in the existence of an alternative outcome, cause, or motive.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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