On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:51:38 -0600, you wrote: >Humans are better at seeing patterns in the world >around them than any other organism on the planet. >Frequently, we are too good at it, as when we discover >the Face of God in the burnt wrinkles of a tortilla, or >accept too much circumstantial evidence of the unlikely. >
Randomness is clumpy. Take a look at the two illustrations starting with the "postscript" on this link: http://books.google.com/books?id=etKX2s6JgAkC&lpg=PA268&ots=RavEHOl0OH&dq=stephen%20jay%20gould%20randomness%20pattern&pg=PA265#v=onepage&q=&f=false ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
