ED, In the example you gave you are judging a group (blue/green people), not an individual. If your figures are correct you could conclude that the probability is you'd be safer in the elevator with the blue people, BUT you could not, from the figures you presented, judge that green person #2 was 'good' or 'bad'.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > Bill, > > Consider the following situation: > > You visit a city called New New York. It has two types of humans, blue > and green. When in one of the city's skyscrapers, you wait for an > elevator to take you to a higher floor. Two elevators going up arrive > simultaneously, one with three blue men and one with three green men. > Goverment statistics show that under these circumstance, the probability > that you will be mugged by the blue men, if you chose their elevator, is > 1 in one hundred, and the probability that you will be mugged by the > green men, if you chose their elevator is 1 in 3. > > Having a moderate sense of self, you have a desire that your self not be > hurt. Should you succumb to your moderate attachment to life and > well-being, and judge the elevator with the blue men to be preferable to > the one with the green men, or would you assert that such a choice is > meaningless? > > --ED > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Anthony, > > > > You may indeed judge a person, but it is meaningless. > > > > ...Bill! > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
