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Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation.

Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation.

Pierre-Simon Laplace
Probability Theory, Common Sense, Calculations
"Théorie Analytique Des Probabilités". Book by Pierre-Simon Laplace, second edition, 1814.

The theory of probabilities is basically only common sense reduced to a calculus. It makes one estimate accurately what right-minded people feel by a sort of instinct, often without being able to give a reason for it.

Pierre-Simon Laplace
Science, People, Common Sense
Pierre-Simon Laplace (2012). “Pierre-Simon Laplace Philosophical Essay on Probabilities: Translated from the fifth French edition of 1825 With Notes by the Translator”, p.124, Springer Science & Business Media

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