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  • adjective Having equal mathematical or logical probability.

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  • adjective mathematics, logic Having equal probability

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  • adjective equally probable

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Examples

  • It can then be argued that the competing stories should initially be viewed as equiprobable, and that, in turn, will enable one to place an upper bound on the probability of the relevant story advanced by van Inwagen.

    The Problem of Evil Tooley, Michael 2009

  • If all states of the world are equiprobable, this is a partial pooling equilibrium.

    Evolutionary Game Theory Alexander, J. McKenzie 2009

  • Most often one makes the most pessimistic assumption that all the possible states of the device are equiprobable.

    The Silliest Thing Yet, or Sheer Genius? - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • 'God's existence and non-existence are exactly equiprobable.'

    The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006

  • Nevertheless, it is a common error, which we shall meet again, to leap from the premise that the question of God's existence is in principle unanswerable to the conclusion that his existence and his non-existence are equiprobable.

    The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006

  • NOTE: a 1 character string with 32 possible equiprobable symbols (like{0,1,2…31}) has the same channel capacity as 5 coin string with 2 alphabetic symbols (like {0,1}), the math works out the same.

    The Skeptic paper online - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Given an alphabet of N equiprobable symbols, we can now use equation [1]:

    Semantic Conceptions of Information Floridi, Luciano 2005

  • Once the coin has been tossed, the system produces an amount of information that is a function of the possible outputs, in this case 2 equiprobable symbols, and equal to the data deficit that it removes.

    Semantic Conceptions of Information Floridi, Luciano 2005

  • We should acknowledge that we are never going to have the complete mutation-by-mutation account of the evolution of any structure, and admit that, therefore, every alternative is equiprobable.

    Daniel Dennett: Intelligent design? Show me the science - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Entropy is maximised when all 4 ok, ignoring the 5th for now bases are equiprobable, and Kolgomorov complexity when the string is random.

    Intelligently designed avian flu? - The Panda's Thumb 2005

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