It's exactly this theory, but he doesn't have the word probability, which hadn't been invented yet.

这就是我们在讲的理论,但他并没有用概率这个词,因为当时还没有发明这个词

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It's interesting that this person uses the word calculation; this person has the idea--this was-- 1600 was around the year when probability theory was invented.

有意思的是,这个人用了"计算"这个词,这个人想到了这个主意,概率论正是1600年左右产生的

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Hacking points out that the word probability--or probable-- was already in the English language.

哈金指出概率这个词,或者说可能,已经存在于英语中

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So, he's using intuitive-- he says difficult or easy-- so he says it's difficult, meaning the probability is very low, or easy, meaning that probability is high.

所以他直接进行了描述,他用的是困难和简单两词,他说的困难,意思就是概率很小,他说的简单,意思就是概率很大

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