Glenn writes: "By analogy with the dot in Sierpinski's gasket (and those
types of equations), the dot can move toward any of the vertices it 'wants'
to. The over all pattern of its output is fixed. What I am saying is that
regardless of our choice, God wins. he doesn't have to force the situation
any more than I have to force a particular outcome of the traveling dot in
the manufacture of Sierpinski's gasket. The dot moves according to the
rules it has to live within (like we do also) and the pattern follows
naturally."
I still have difficulty with this, Glenn. I understand the gasket case
(sic) to be an analogy, and, of course, as all analogies, imperfect. I
also understand that when you write "... regardless of our choice, God
wins," that is a theological assertion by you, one which can be both
defended and attacked by scriptural references, in the simple minded case,
Calvin vs Wesley I suppose.
So far -- OK. My difficulty is with the gasket math I suppose. I seems to
me that in at least SOME cases, extremely rare, I grant you, perhaps 1 in
2**20000, the pattern you confidently assert "always" appears, would, in
fact, not appear.
Another question -- I visited your web site last week. Do you have a link
to the ASA web site there? I did not see one. Also, a reference to this ASA
LISTSERV might be appropriate. Finally, I was not able to find the gasket
case there; I quit after looking around for about 5 minutes or so.
I shared some of your Neandertal posts a couple days ago with a
fundamentalist friend of mine. I think she was rather overwhelmed. "I
believe what I believe" was her response. I am not sure now I will do a
followup. Maybe.
John
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