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echo: barktopus
to: Geo
from: Robert Comer
date: 2005-11-21 21:34:14
subject: Re: Greetings From Idiot America

From: "Robert Comer" 

> In math 1+1 is 2 every single time.

Not at the quantum level.

>For there to be chance the laws of
> physics and mathematics would have to not apply from time to time.

I agree, see above.

>(and to think this all started because of a statistics professor I
> hated)

I hate statistics.

--
Bob Comer


"Geo"  wrote in message
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> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:438149b6{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> There's also chance. (and quantum dynamics)
>
> There is no chance in a universe that is governed by a set of logical
> rules.
> In math 1+1 is 2 every single time. For there to be chance the laws of
> physics and mathematics would have to not apply from time to time.
>
> Chance is an illusion of limited intelligence. (ie the cow says there is a
> .0001% chance of a solar eclipse today)
>
> Geo. (and to think this all started because of a statistics professor I
> hated)
>
>

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