Anthony, Neither the enjoyment of the sex ritual nor the unpleasantness of the hard work will last.
What is it that does not fade away? ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Bill, >  > I make an old proposal to you. I hope you don't take offense. >  > Since the probability of you being able to fly is not zero, will you jump > daily to try to get into the sky? >  > Since the probability of the existence of the law of probability is not one, > should I just enjoy a sex ritual (as orgy is banned by ED), instead of the > hard work of trying to discover or refute the law? >  > Anthony > > --- On Tue, 5/4/11, Bill! <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > > From: Bill! <BillSmart@...> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? Better a Roulette > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 5 April, 2011, 7:52 AM > > >  > > > > Anthony and Steve, > > The probability that if you toss a coin a million times that you will get > 999,999 tails and 1 head is not zero. > > Likewise the probability that there are actually laws of probability is not > one. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@> wrote: > > > > Steve, > > à> > I read one of the links you provided to Mike. The other failed to open > > anything. The argument in the book is like I say: when probability rules, > > tossing a coin a million times will give you approximately 500,000 heads > > and 500,000 tails. That means there is still a law (of probability), and it > > is well addressed in the book you refer to. If chaos rules, you are not > > sure whether you will get 1 head and 999,999 tails or something like that. > > That is the difference between rules and no rules, or deterministic (in a > > probability way) and completely chaotic. > > à> > Anthony > > > > --- On Mon, 4/4/11, SteveW <eugnostos2000@> wrote: > > > > > > From: SteveW <eugnostos2000@> > > Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? Better a Roulette > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Monday, 4 April, 2011, 10:57 AM > > > > > > à> > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@> wrote: > > > > > > Steve, > > > Ãâà> > > Probabalistically determined is still deterministic by probability. If > > > you toss a coin a million times, the probabality shows you close to > > > 500,000 heads and 500,000 tails. If it is completely chaotic, you may get > > > 699,999 heads and 300,001 tails, or a 999,999 to 1 ratio. > > > > > > So there are still rules and laws, though more complex. > > > Ãâà> > > Anthony > > > > > > Anthony, please read that article I posted to Mike. It addresses this > > > very well. > > Steve > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
