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[William Flynn Wallace]

I meant, "within the level of effort (and quality of effort) that more
people can provide, and thus possible - in a practical sense - for more
people".  adrian

I take this to mean that people working well and hard are on the way to
making something possible.  If that is it, then does 'it's nearly possible
'make sense to you?   (impossible does not have to mean never possible - it
can mean not possible now)  bill w

On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 2:54 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 11:21 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> If I may stop and pick a nit:  such a feat is more possible for most
>> people   adrian
>> Now is 'possible' the same as 'probable'?  I think of possible as being
>> of two sorts:  possible and impossible and nothing in between, so you can't
>> get more or less possible the way you can get probable and improbable - a
>> dichotomy versus a continuous variable, that is.   bill w
>>
>
> That's not the sense in which I meant.  Viewing it as just statistical
> odds ignores the effort people put in.
>
> I meant, "within the level of effort (and quality of effort) that more
> people can provide, and thus possible - in a practical sense - for more
> people".
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