Possible is not the same as likely

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A caller asks whether running old calibration software could possibly damage a Windows XP machine. Dr. Dave refuses to turn “possible” into a useful probability—aliens could theoretically have written it—but judges the actual likelihood extremely low and closes with the practical disclosure that he would run it on his own equipment.

0:59 · Consulting Philosophy

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