> Scientific impression for 'anything is possible' is that you can write a
> possibility function for the specified event.

I had a college physics book that attempted to define "impossible", and use=
d the "monkeys typing Shakespere" trope as an example.  IIRC, they used som=
ething like "the calculated probability of X happening within the expected =
lifetime of the universe" being very small=85

BillW


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