Steve Decker wrote:


I don't agree.

You could say "empirical evidence suggests it won't happen" or
"experience shows us it won't happen".

Stating a probability as exactly identical to zero is inherently incorrect.

Insert "of an empirical event" after the word "probability" in the
last sentence and I agree. Logically false (as opposed to empirically
false) statements do have a zero probability of being true.

"A and B and (A implies not B)" has a zero probability of being true.

But as someone said, we are picking fly specs out of pepper here. I
think LRod cited an interesting article pointing out the baselessness
of concerns about dust explosions from ducting. While he might have
slightly overstated the article's conclusions, those who are reacting
negatively to his absolutism (and I tend to be one who so reacts) are
missing or avoiding the message of the cited article.
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