Improbability

And Chullunder Ghose describes it as "the inside-out-ishness of paradox pursued to ultimate improbability, which is the essence of the quest for truth." ❋ Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 (1931)

The improbability will be the greater, the more complicated the routes; and it will become impossibility, if the zigzags are infinitely complicated. ❋ Henri Bergson (1900)

Crowds, being incapable both of reflection and of reasoning, are devoid of the notion of improbability; and it is to be noted that in a general way it is the most improbable things that are the most striking. ❋ Unknown (1896)

But his improbabilities are rarely psychological, and in some of his plays there occurs one kind of improbability which is no defect, but simply a characteristic which has lost in our day much of its former attraction. ❋ Unknown (1893)

_If, in a story, the characters and the events are truly convincing; if the former are appealingly human and the latter are so carefully devised and described as never to evoke the idea of improbability, then it can make no difference in the_ intellectual pleasure _of the reader whether what he is made to realise so vividly is a record of fact or of mere fancy. ❋ Egerton Castle (1889)

Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is called their improbability, or impossibility. ❋ John Stuart Mill (1839)

Note that Heddle* refers to unity or near unity probability while Collins refers to "improbability". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Heddle's argument is more sound since it involves, in practical terms, one single probability, while Collins's use of the word "improbability" implies multiple values of probabilities that can be used and thus a means to calculate them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She must have got hold of some kind of improbability generator as, suddenly, the unexpected became a daily event. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(Compare a creationist's anti-evolution argument based on the "improbability" of human existence.) ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2006)

Yeah but I'm drawing parallels to other arguments that derive from improbability which is why people like Behe say that kind of stuff. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It was the wildest kind of improbability that he had a double anywhere who could reproduce him so perfectly. ❋ Allen Chapman (N/A)

He reflects on 'improbability' of victory, sacrifices made by ordinary men

He used the extreme unlikeliness of a rescue scenario to his advantage and invented the infinite improbability drive, which became a major plot point in the story. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The oil was a lubricant to get the head through at the final moment, when it looked like the birth was really hitting the apex of improbability. ❋ Antonio Garcia-Martinez (2010)

Somewhere in his 42 years, he obviously discovered the improbability of getting a bold, unusual argument translated successfully into popular journalism. ❋ Holman W. Jenkins Jr. (2010)

An improbement, I'm sure. Even though it is not [grammatically] correct, [the speaker] is saying "I'm a [sucky] loser". ❋ Calathar (2004)

[hank]: killing peopleimprobability drive: is [activated] hank: [yo wtf] ❋ Hehe I Cheated (2021)

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person 1: "hey man, you were gone for [a while] yesterday, what happened?" person 2: "don't [worry], i just pulled an [improbable destructor]" person 1: "that is BOSS, dude" ❋ Lukaa (2021)

"Tom and I are are pulling another mission improbable at [3am] this saturday to steal all the toilet paper from [the dorm] [halls]." ❋ Halonistic (2012)

"[Wow], the Infinite Improbability Drive is really [friggin'] [fast]." ❋ Kantankerous (2008)

These Infinite Improbability English messages along the intended word: The color is called period red. (Persian) Dick is coming in my vulva. (Volvo) I left your shit in the bathroom. (Shirt) I have a bad case of the [manboobs]. ([Monday's]) Did you get the [kinky fuck] tickets? (Linkin Park) Sorry Ma, I just came out of the closet. (Clinic) I killed her in the woods outside her house then left. (Kissed) ❋ NutellaBear (2016)

Never knowing where we're going, we can never go [astray] pretty much [sums] up the whole [concept] of Climbing Mount Improbable. ❋ Annelisefrench (2010)

Stacy: I'm just looking for a [genuine guy] who isn't [superficial], likes me for my personality, is reserved and is hot Jenny: You're looking for an [improbability] ❋ ZEutect (2021)

I went through twelve feet of toilet paper to wipe off the [improbable dollop] but it would not [diminish] in [consistency]. ❋ ThatWVGuy (2017)