Dice/probability

Famous quotes containing the words dice and/or probability:

“When God throws the dice are loaded.”
—Greek proverb.

“Legends of prediction are common throughout the whole Household of Man. Gods speak, spirits speak, computers speak. Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin (b. 1929)