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Textual Error: "probable existence less than zero"

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12 years ago
Jan 16, 2013, 8:17:39 AM
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The text for Tunneled Slipgates says "A natural anomaly whose probable existence is less than zero,"



This statement is meaningless. A probability of zero would mean that it can't exist. There's no such thing as a probability less than zero. Probabilities are measured on a scale from 0: Never occurs, to 1: Always occurs.



In addition, the grammar is wrong. "probable existence" should be "probability of existence".



I know that the flavor text was meant to be cool and imply something beyond previous understanding, but to anyone who knows anything about statistics and probability, it just sounds like technobabble in a blender.



"A natural anomaly whose probability of existence was previously believed to be zero," would actually mean what you wanted to mean.
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12 years ago
Jan 16, 2013, 8:19:09 AM
Second textual error, same description:



"planets surfaces" should either be "planets' surfaces" if you mean the surfaces of multiple planets (most likely) or "planet's surfaces" if you meant only the surface of the one planet.
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