I’d say that’s just good practice, as demonstrated by a recent thread by Phil Goetz, and generally advocated by ET Jaynes. Low probability events can be resurrected into consideration by evidence, while zero probability events can’t.
“The probability of X is lower than the disjunction of the probabilities that I have misunderstood the question or you have misunderstood my response.”
In other words, as far as I can usefully communicate to you, the probability is, well, epsilon.
I’d say that’s just good practice, as demonstrated by a recent thread by Phil Goetz, and generally advocated by ET Jaynes. Low probability events can be resurrected into consideration by evidence, while zero probability events can’t.
Something to consider:
“The probability of X is lower than the disjunction of the probabilities that I have misunderstood the question or you have misunderstood my response.”
In other words, as far as I can usefully communicate to you, the probability is, well, epsilon.