Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 08:40:30 10/04/02
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On October 03, 2002 at 21:24:44, stuart taylor wrote:
>On October 03, 2002 at 00:46:11, Telmo Escobar wrote:
>
>>On October 02, 2002 at 20:56:19, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>
>>>And the first 3 games are statistically much more substantial than any other 3, >even consecutive, somewhere later on.
>>>
>>
>> >S.Taylor
>>
>>
>>>maybe you should go back to school...
>> > Christophe
>>
>>>That's a bit deeper than what you are thinking about!
>>>
>>>to me it is quite an intriguing subject, and I'm sure there is more than what
>>>meets the eye. It must be looked into some time by someone like Einstein, or
>>>even by some of us, together.
>>>I don't really have the head and time for it now, but no one has ever responded
>>>much to some of my thoughts.
>>>(I think Nunn would appreciate this subject)
>>
>> >S.Taylor
>>
>> Stuart, I feel you are right. This is deep and for this reason people, even
>>intelligent people, can misunderstand the point when they think about it.
>> Yet people, even dupes, understand the point perfectly when they have to apply
>>it in real life.
>>
>> Let me explain: let us assume that I have uttered some 2000000 statements till
>>now. If somebody (God, say) has recorded the stuff and selects three consecutive
>>statements from mine, apparently stupid, to prove that I'm a dupe, you don't
>>need to feel convinced. Maybe God, as pervert as usual, has selected three rare
>>cases of particularly foolish affirmations (made, who knows, when I was drunk or
>>the like) in order to fool you.
>> But if you just meet me for the first time, and the first three statements of
>>mine that you hear are stupid ones, you will deduce that I am a dupe, and that
>>will be a quite reasonable deduction.
>>
>> Telmo
>
>Yes! I meant it along those lines. You illustrated it quite nicely!
>S.Taylor
It still makes no sense in the context it has been used in initially, for
reasons that have been discussed half a zillion times already.
Christophe
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