Author: stuart taylor
Date: 17:18:57 10/05/02
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On October 04, 2002 at 11:40:30, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 I missed the boat! (If it was anything to miss). S.Taylor
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