Re: The Impotent God of the Anti-evolutionists 1/2
Chris Cogan (ccogan@sfo.com)
Mon, 22 Nov 1999 20:19:54 -0800Stephen
> >If Glenn has any *evidence* that: 1) a thrown pair of dice is a
"non-linear
> >physical system"; and 2) that the non-linear component of air-friction on
a
> >pair of dice in normal circumstances is of sufficient magnitude to render
> >such thrown dice unpredictable, I would request Glenn post it, with
> >references.
Glenn
> FRAnkly, for you it isn't worth it. I have learned that if I go to the
> trouble to do something like this, you simply dismiss it. I don't want to
> perform for you anymore.
Chris
Besides, it does not take much thought, if one understands the concept of
non-linearity, to grasp that dice bouncing along a table top cannot be
linear.