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echo: philos
to: DAVID MARTORANA
from: KEITH KNAPP
date: 1998-02-13 18:11:00
subject: Immense Absurdities

DM> KK> I agree.  Gambling has been described as a tax on people who
DM> KK> cannot understand statistics.  The H. sap. brain seems to
DM> KK> compulsively find order, even in places where there is no order.
DM> KK> It seems to be incapable of grasping situations where there is
DM> KK> no order.
DM>     Not sure how you here apply "gambling" in our reach to address
DM>     about in a  "what is"?
Just as an example of how we have trouble understanding chaotic
systems or events.
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