What's wrong with probability?

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Tyler MillsOP·​#4760·​

In summer in the desert, will it "probably" be sunny in the afternoon?

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Tyler MillsOP·​#4814·​

No, it will or it won't, but "probably" expresses one's awareness of a lack of battletested explanations, or of their own uncertainty or lack of confidence in the prediction, etc. (cf. #4764).

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