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In the first Volume of his lectures (cap. 6 first Paragraph), Feynman cites Maxwell :
"The true logic of this world is in the calculus of probabilities".
Considering the formal and rigorous definition of probability, very often misunderstood by not-scientists, what do you think is the deep meaning of this aphorism ?
Often, during the day, we take decisions based on the "probability" of the outcome, but if probability is formally referred to a repeatible event in unchanging conditions, is still useful to use this surrogate of probability in every-day decisions ?
"The true logic of this world is in the calculus of probabilities".
Considering the formal and rigorous definition of probability, very often misunderstood by not-scientists, what do you think is the deep meaning of this aphorism ?
Often, during the day, we take decisions based on the "probability" of the outcome, but if probability is formally referred to a repeatible event in unchanging conditions, is still useful to use this surrogate of probability in every-day decisions ?