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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:58:26 -0600
Subject: Re: Testing random
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On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 4:30 PM,  <sohcahtoa82@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 3:01:06 PM UTC-7, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> This should give you pause: In real mathematics, events with zero
>> probability can occur.
>
> Nobody will disagree with that.  The probability of me winning the lottery is zero if I don't buy a ticket.

I believe he's actually referring to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_surely

Not that this has anything to do with the probabilities under
discussion in this thread.