It's one of the paradoxes I enjoy in my brain that I think in all probability there is life on other planets, while at the same time being more than happy to mock anyone who claims to have met it.
"In a few months, my dear Marianne." said she, "Elinor will, in all probability be settled for life."
“亲爱的玛丽安，”她说，“再过几个月，埃丽诺十有八九要定下终身大事了。”
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What Zelizer reported was that some life insurance companies surmounted this problem by changing the pitch, by telling their salespeople, don't try to explain probability theory to these people.