Our ignorance is so abysmal that our judgments of likeliness and unlikeliness of future events hardly count. |
The unlikeliness of all this was heightened by the fact that Mangan was a yuppie. |
Apart from the sheer unlikeliness of this, I think Johann Hari's vision of salvation through rationality is an illusion itself, and a profound mis-reading of human nature. |
Everything relies on the unlikeliness and audacity with which BolaƱo elaborates his conceit, so the less said the better. |
But if you think about it, the story's unlikeliness is pretty apparent. |
I know of an example of this happening in life, but the casting here tended to emphasise its unlikeliness. |