Matthew Purdon wrote:
I was surprised to read the thread about 137, 666, etc. emphasizing a
connection between physics and magic..... Would someone please explain
what the Extropians interest is in practicing this sort of numerology?
I was joking. But the Kabbalah was not a joke.
In Naples "La Smorfia" is very popular. You can easily
choose numbers to bet at the State Lottery. In example
you see, or you dream, a
coffin = 4
coffin closed = 12
coffin opened = 25
coffin turned upside down = 50
coffin empty = 66
coffin and dead woman = 3
coffin and dead man = 84
coffin & vampire = 72
coffin (wooden) = 14
coffin (metal) = 24
coffin in the church = 19
coffin in the grave = 47
etc. etc.
http://schedine.interfree.it/smorfia/
http://www.connect.it/naples/tuttonapoli/cabala/smorfia/smorfia.htm
http://www.estrazionidellotto.com/lasmorfia.htm
After Frank P. Ramsey and Bruno de Finetti
("probability is a state of mind, not a state of matter")
probability is - also - a subjective concept!
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/schools/uncert.htm
http://www.ditext.com/clay/armendt2.html
http://ippserv.rug.ac.be/documentation/comparative_prob/comparative_prob.htm
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