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Of course there is a remote possibility Santa Claus exists, too!

(Yes, I'm also in camp "philosophically, no probability estimate can ever be exactly 0 or 1" ;-)



Yep. My almost surely is philosophical. Socially, it also keeps me humble. Rather than blurting out "That's ridiculous!" when someone tells me about their ridiculous beliefs, I shrug and think . o O ("there is a non-zero chance that {insert absurdity} is true")




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