On 23 Jan 2010 at 12:33, Ham Priday wrote: > Chance is what we call any event that we cannot predict with empirical > evidence. Thus, combustion, pregnancy, measles, ganguarine, genetic > predisposition, heavier-than-air flight, ocean tides, and solar eclipses > were all "chance events" at one time in human history.
Right. Another name for chance is "ignorance." It's a weasel word like "random," "emerge," "arise" and "contingent" that purports to explain a phenomenon but actually explains nothing. "Chance" really says "I don't know," often followed by, "So don't ask, dummy." Warm regards, Platt . Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
