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This reminds me of the people that say it's statistically possible to go through a wall due to quantum tunneling. Yes, technically it's possible, but the probab

This reminds me of the people that say it's statistically possible to go through a wall due to quantum tunneling. Yes, technically it's possible, but the probability is so small that it's practically impossible. Our brain is not made to understand these extreme quantities.

Terr_ 3y ago
> Our brain is not made to understand these extreme quantities. In the context of the infinitesimal, it feels like there ought to be a corresponding word like "inquantities" or "unquantities."
belter 3y ago
The rare event at scale, it not rare anymore.