Comment on What are the differences between 1) probabillities, 2) possibillities, and 3) plausabillities?
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Probability is a numeric value between: 0 and 1 of how likely an event is going to happen. Depending on the definition, I would say that possibilities and plausabilities are both events with a nonzero probability. Colloquially, possibilities are more likely than plausabilities I guess. Source: two thirds of a stats phd and C2 level english skills lol
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
when people say its plausible tho, I feel like that means its a bit more likely or they entertain the chance of it happening or being correct more than a mere possibillity tho
jbrains@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Plausible is more like conceivable.
It’s possible that when I slam my hand on the table, it will go through the table, but it’s not plausible. We can’t imagine it actually happening, even though we know it can.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
maybe all the stats have eroded any intuition I had for these words