Re: Can anyone explain this to a layman please?

From: Edward Green (spamspamspam3_at_netzero.com)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: 28 Dec 2004 17:12:34 -0800

tadchem wrote:
> Uthur wrote:

> > Hawking said there is a 98% chance that our particular sort of
> universe would
> > come into existence in a big-bang type event.

<...>

> It means that Hawking is about 98% sure that he can believe in the
Big
> Bang, and only about 2% sure that there could have been some other
> mechanism involved.

Huh. I thought I had given the definitive vacuous answer, but I see I
was mistaken: your interpretation must also be allowed.

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