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The theory of probabilities is at bottom only common sense reduced to calculus. — Pierre-Simon Laplace

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The theory of probabilities is at bottom only common sense reduced to calculus.

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La théorie des probabilités n'est, au fond, que le bon sens réduit au calcul.

Pierre-Simon Laplace
1814
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1814
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Pierre-Simon Laplace
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Laplace, Pierre-Simon. Theorie Analytique des Probabilities [Analytic Theory of Probability]. Paris: Madame Va Courcier, 1812.

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