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Some cases can be solved with probabilities, most not. These can be improved by better context.

The phone either belongs to you or not. Schrödingers cat is either dead or alive, but not 80% dead as some people assert.



Oh, okay... are you referring to fuzzy logic where statements have a partial truth value?

I'm (mostly) referring to the case where the truth value is either true or false, but where you aren't sure, so you can say "80% probability this is your phone".

There are also cases where truth values aren't as clear cut, which I also mention, such as the question of whether or not something IS a chair. (Is a chair taped to the ceiling still a chair? Is a log I sit on out in the middle of the forest a chair? Etc.)




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