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The mean and variance are unambiguously determined by the distribution, but a distribution is, of course, not determined by its mean and variance: A number of different distributions have the same mean and the same variance.

— Richard von Mises Probability, Statistics And Truth - Second Revised English Edition (1957)

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The theory of probability can never lead to a definite statement concerning a single event.

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No contradiction exists, if the events are correctly interpreted.

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Mass phenomena to which the theory of probability does not apply are, of course, of common occurrence.

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Starting from a logically clear concept of probability, based on experience, using arguments which are usually called statistical, we can discover truth in wide domains of human interest.

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In games of chance, in the problems of insurance, and in the molecular processes we find events repeating themselves again and again. They are mass phenomena or repetitive events.

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