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Interpretations of Probability |
 | | Bare ratios of attributes among sets of disparate objects may lack the sort of modal force that one might expect from probabilities. |
 | | I belong to the reference class consisting of myself, the Eiffel Tower, the southernmost sandcastle on Santa Monica Beach, and Mt Everest. |
 | | Two of these four objects are less than 7 ft. tall, a relative frequency of 1/2; moreover, we could easily extend this class, preserving this relative frequency (or, equally easily, not). |
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