Why is probability considered a myth or an omen?

Is there a huge probability of finding a birthday mate in the whole school's population? If yes, how many percent chance? (Disclaimer: might require calculations)

Just like Natalie Angier asked in page 52, “how could a meager number like 23 possible perform like 365 without some sort of cosmic motivational speaker prodding it from behind?

Why is there subjectivity when it comes to thinking “probabilistically”?

Why is so much calculation and critical thinking associated with solving probabilities?

Is everyone capable of quantitative reasoning? (It happens within a split second.)

What does the great statistician Frederick Mostellar mean when he said “it is easy to lie with statistics, but it is easier to lie without them”?