Bill, I make an old proposal to you. I hope you don't take offense. Since the probability of you being able to fly is not zero, will you jump daily to try to get into the sky? Since the probability of the existence of the law of probability is not one, should I just enjoy a sex ritual (as orgy is banned by ED), instead of the hard work of trying to discover or refute the law? Anthony
--- On Tue, 5/4/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bill! <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? Better a Roulette To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 5 April, 2011, 7:52 AM Anthony and Steve, The probability that if you toss a coin a million times that you will get 999,999 tails and 1 head is not zero. Likewise the probability that there are actually laws of probability is not one. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Steve, >  > I read one of the links you provided to Mike. The other failed to open > anything. The argument in the book is like I say: when probability rules, > tossing a coin a million times will give you approximately 500,000 heads and > 500,000 tails. That means there is still a law (of probability), and it is > well addressed in the book you refer to. If chaos rules, you are not sure > whether you will get 1 head and 999,999 tails or something like that. That is > the difference between rules and no rules, or deterministic (in a probability > way) and completely chaotic. >  > Anthony > > --- On Mon, 4/4/11, SteveW <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: > > > From: SteveW <eugnostos2000@...> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? Better a Roulette > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 4 April, 2011, 10:57 AM > > >  > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@> wrote: > > > > Steve, > >  > > Probabalistically determined is still deterministic by probability. If you > > toss a coin a million times, the probabality shows you close to 500,000 > > heads and 500,000 tails. If it is completely chaotic, you may get 699,999 > > heads and 300,001 tails, or a 999,999 to 1 ratio. > > > > So there are still rules and laws, though more complex. > >  > > Anthony > > > > Anthony, please read that article I posted to Mike. It addresses this very > > well. > Steve >
