From: Walter Hicks (wallyshoes@mindspring.com)
Date: Sat Oct 18 2003 - 11:25:40 EDT
John W Burgeson wrote:
>
> On July 1st, 1951, having promised my younger brother I would take him to
> an Indians game, I backed out. Feller pitched his 3rd no-hitter at that
> game; brother Paul, 51 years later, still reminds me of that every July
> 1st. I argue with him that, had we gone, our presence in the stands would
> have affected the game and Feller "probably" would not have pitched his
> gem because we were there.
>
> My brother is unimpressed with this argument. Maybe I am too.
Two comments:
1.) Boy are you old!
2.) I agree with your argument.
Many years ago my mother-in-law played the lottery weekly. One day she came
into the store where she bought her ticket and the clerk was all excited
because her number had won. Trouble is that it was the midweek drawing and
she only played on week-ends. ($7,000,000.00). She was in shock for at least
a month. Believing in chaos theory, I tried to convince her that the change
in her routine in buying a mid week ticket would have minutely disrupted the
lives of very many people and the ripple effect would have changed the
outcome.
She was not taken in by the argument --- but I was.
I had to be because my wife is her only child and I needed chaos theory for
my own peace of mind ;)
Walt
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Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
In any consistent theory, there must
exist true but not provable statements.
(Godel's Theorem)
You can only find the truth with logic
If you have already found the truth
without it. (G.K. Chesterton)
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