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From: bilbo.niket@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU ("Niket K. Patwardhan")
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Subject: Re: SPACE Digest V6 #68
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Statistical predictions seem to me to be equivalent to after the fact counting.
That is, no death along the route was actually necessary, and none would have
occurred if no mistakes were made. I guess I was thinking of something else...
(would "sacrifice" be the word?).