You guys are Nuts and have too much time,
That includes me. Somehow you have managed to braid together lies, probability and fake news. Perhaps many humans feel good whenever they influence others. Weather ladies telling to be happy whenever it goes above 30c ( I hate heat) Poker players trying to bluff me into shitting my pants and fold. Insurance agents trying to make me feel guilty of matters after I am dead. Politicians declaring they need money to defend me from American refugees. (Canada has just counted 22 Africans crossing a snow field between Minnesota and Manitoba. WTF) So assign a number within a range and you may get a rush from discovering I believed you. So do we lie or deceive each other just to feel in control of others. What else can be said to be positive about fake news. Perhaps, It made some one temporarily happy. Jehovah Witnesses still patrol streets fishing for converts. I have travelled very far without weather reporters just making my own sky watch assumptions. Just look up. vib This world has too many idle control freaks trying to find levity by crying wolf to dumb villagers. Oh great, when you see Vladimyr wearing a hat you can assume it's raining. If you see me walking with a newspaper in the woods what does that mean. Yep, he is out for a constitutional stroll. From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Nick Thompson Sent: February-11-17 11:50 AM To: Friam Subject: [FRIAM] What does it mean to say that it will probably rain tomorrow? Dear all, We had an interesting conversation in the Friday meeting of the local congregation concerning the question, "What does it actually mean to say that there is a 50 percent chance of rain in Santa Fe tomorrow?" Exactly what operations would you have to go through to discover if that claim was appropriate or not? I took the position that whether it actually rained tomorrow had very little to do with validating the claim. I am wondering what those of you in the diaspora thought. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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