The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks. How often have you been presented with an apparently rational e… - Douglas Adams

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The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks. How often have you been presented with an apparently rational explanation of something that works in all respects other than one, which is just that it is hopelessly improbable? Your instinct is to say, 'Yes, but he or she simply wouldn't do that.