Re:A Cheating Scandal Rocking the Poker World
by jacquesm on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:17AM
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No, it merely means that there is no proof, there is just a very high likelihood. That may be good enough for you but in the case of a crime I love me some proof before getting to a conviction.
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Re:A Cheating Scandal Rocking the Poker World
by lawn on Saturday October 05, 2019 @09:46AM
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What is proof but just another way to increase the likelyhood of an event?
Got a DNA match on a murder scene? Sadly a match isn't unique and several people can be matched.
Got your suspect caught on the crime scene? Might've just been at the wrong place at the wrong time.
A cop caught the suspect murdering? The cop might be the guilty one and just trying to frame an innocent.
This kind of statistic is as good as proof, proof isn't 100% reliable either.
Re:A Cheating Scandal Rocking the Poker World
by jacquesm on Saturday October 05, 2019 @09:52AM
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Yes, but statistics should be used to corroborate, they are not proof in themselves.
Re:A Cheating Scandal Rocking the Poker World
by Nokinside on Saturday October 05, 2019 @09:53AM
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Statistical evidence can be used as proof in the court.
Even if it's not given in mathematical form, common sense reasoning uses common sense statistics every day. You could always claim freak accident if that would not be the case.