I agree. Noise is not better than silence. Meanwhile, Quite improbably, the author of those lines was granted an honorary doctorate degree at McMaster University and his entire speech to the graduating class was examples of the improbable being as probable as the probable.The Improbable is the New Normal
The title of this article reminds me of the scene in The Pink Panther (2006) movie with Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau. Clouseau speculates that the victim was killed by a parrot. His partner replies, "I find that highly improbable." Clousseau shoots back, "The improbable is no less probable than the probable. In fact, it may even be more probable than the probable."
For some reason this reminds me of the line in Anchorman "60% of the time, it works every time".