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Re:‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tossed by Eisenstein on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @01:03AM (#32907854)
While technically correct this is obviously not how people speak. If you ask someone 'what is the percent chance that drinking this glass of water I just got out of the tap in New York City will kill me within a few seconds?' They would respond '0%', even though by a mathematical definition that is not true.
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Re:‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tossed by ImprobableTruth on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @07:31AM (#32910332)
People generally consider context for their choice of words. Alongside 100% they were also given options such as 99.9999999%, it's clear that 100% in this case is not just used as "very likely".
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Re:‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tossed by Eisenstein on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @09:03AM (#32911081)
I didn't know they were given specific options.
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