The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical la…

Hannah Arendt
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. ✨ Hannah Arendt (2013). The Human Condition: Second Edition, p.178, University of Chicago Press
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