Don't Look Up (2021)
Richard Donelly: Old Aide #2
Quotes
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President Orlean : Mmm-hmm. So how certain is this?
Dr. Randall Mindy : There's 100% certainty of impact.
President Orlean : Please, don't say 100%.
Old Aide #2 : Can we just call it a potentiality significant event?
President Orlean : Yeah.
Kate Dibiasky : But it isn't *potentially* going to happen. It *is* going to happen.
Dr. Randall Mindy : Exactly, 99.78% to be exact.
Jason Orlean : Oh, great. Okay, so it's not 100%.
Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe : Well, scientists never like to say 100%.
President Orlean : Call it 70% and let's just move on.
Kate Dibiasky : But it's not even close to 70%.
President Orlean : You cannot go around saying to people that there's 100% chance that they're going to die. You know? It's just nuts.