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Friday, June 17, 2016

Time Out for Definitions

1:  supported by evidence strong enough to establish presumption but not proof <a probable hypothesis>

That is the online definition at Merriam-Webster of 'probable.'
Some claim that stopping Trump is "unlikely."  If you follow the definitions through to probable, you get the above.  Thus a statement that something is "unlikely" is itself based on a presumption!  
Does this not mean in a certain way that media people are being presumptuous.
I believe this is at least something to think about.  

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