John Allen Paulos (1945) American mathematician
Source: Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences (1988), Chapter 2, “Probability and Coincidence” (pp. 37-38; ellipsis represents elision of examples)
“It seems to me, that the most unlikely events almost have to happen, or life would just be dull and no one would write anything down.”
Source: Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015), Chapter 17, “Dead Voices” (p. 171)
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