Isn't the point that "unlikely" is a vague (with negative innuendo)?
...and that a more rational approach is to say, "The value of a possible success" is high enough that it's worth the expenditure of energy to bet the "losing" side of a p = .01 (or whatever)".
[of course it's going to depend on who is expending the energy - and who get what portions of the possible success benefits]
...and that a more rational approach is to say, "The value of a possible success" is high enough that it's worth the expenditure of energy to bet the "losing" side of a p = .01 (or whatever)".
[of course it's going to depend on who is expending the energy - and who get what portions of the possible success benefits]