Definition:Probability/Popular Treatment
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Probability
Amongst the non-mathematically-literate of the world's population, a common form of rhetorical emphasis (usually used when asserting a falsehood of a personal and delicate nature) is to state a greater-than-$100 \%$ probability of an event.
A typical example of this could be seen on the Maury Povich Show, as follows:
- Euniquea: I am five hundred thousand percent certain that Twyvone is the father of mah bay-bee ...
- Maury Povich: Twyvone ... you are naaht the father.