It seemed a statistical impossibility that anything could go wrong, plastic surgeons on the hospital's staff said, that lightning could strike twice in the same spot.
It's a statistical impossibility that there aren't at least a few gay men playing in one of the four major American sports leagues right now.
People are time-deprived, careers have priority over relationships, not least because they are often a prerequisite to them, and the idea of a unique perfect match or soul-mate is a statistical impossibility.
Suspicions were raised in December 2008 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which noted that improvements on state tests at Atherton and a handful of other Georgia schools were so spectacular that they approached a statistical impossibility.
Critics complain that the data they provide help to ratchet up pay because almost all companies seem to want to pay their executives at or above the average (a statistical impossibility), and that the consultants suffer from conflicts of interest.
Researchers have found, for example, in what has been called the "Lake Wobegon Effect," that most people describe themselves as above average on a wide variety of traits and abilities, even though such an abundance of superiority represents a statistical impossibility.
"Of the 53 corporate and/or front-of-the-house positions, identified on the wing's About page of its website, all 53 are women — arguably a statistical impossibility if the wing is not discriminating based on sex and/or gender-identity," it continues — however The Wing says it also employs men and non-binary individuals.
According to EBU, this constitutes a statistical impossibility.
"Solving our fiscal issues without fundamental entitlement reform is a statistical impossibility," he said.
I read an article that said seventy percent of Americans rate themselves as "Above Average" in beauty, a statistical impossibility.
