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Re:Why we should care about the Nate Silver vs. Nassim Taleb... by DougBTX on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @07:41AM (#18706049)
I’ve not heard “extremely possible” used like that before, but it is pretty similar to “completely possible” or “entirely possible”, example in a headline: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/10/its-entirely-possible-to...

It doesn’t mean that a broken heart will definitely kill you, just that there is definitely a chance that it will kill you.

I could totally imagine Nate trying to emphasise the idea that 20% is a much bigger probability than say 1% by using language like that, but put too much weight on it here leading to confusion.

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