Adaptation to a probabilistic world requires that the organism learn to employ probabilistic means to achieve goals and learn to utilize probabilistic, uncertain evidence (proximal cues) about the world (the distal object).
ˌædæptˈeɪʃən tʊ ɐ pɹˌɑːbəbɪlˈɪstɪk wˈɜːld ɹᵻkwˈaɪɚz ðætðɪ ˈɔːɹɡənˌɪzəm lˈɜːn tʊ ɛmplˈɔɪ pɹˌɑːbəbɪlˈɪstɪk mˈiːnz tʊ ɐtʃˈiːv ɡˈoʊlz ænd lˈɜːn tə jˈuːɾɪlˌaɪz pɹˌɑːbəbɪlˈɪstɪk, ʌnsˈɜːʔn̩ ˈɛvɪdəns pɹˈɑːksɪməl kjˈuːz ɐbˌaʊt ðə wˈɜːld ðə dɪstˈæl ˈɑːbdʒɛkt.