[yooper]

"Tversky similarly proved that arthritis sufferers cannot actually predict the weather and are not in more pain when there's a storm brewing, a belief that began with the ancient Greeks. He followed 18 patients for 15 months, keeping detailed records of their reports of pain and joint swelling and matching them with constantly updated weather reports. There was no pattern, he concluded..."

But Tversky's research ignores one important premise: If coincidence is not an accident, it has to be fueled by some unfathomable higher order (e.g. God). Perhaps that higher order desires us to believe in it based on faith. So if that higher order wants to screw with Tversky's research so that we will be required to believe based on faith, it will cause Tversky to present results which disprove the higher order's existence. In other words, the higher order is raising the bar.

Fascinating.

This is by far the longest article I've ever read through here on FR. If you skipped down to the thread, do yourself a favor and go back and read the entire article. But don't just read; read slowly, thinking all along the way.

[Old Professer]

This is by far the longest article I've ever read through here on FR. If you skipped down to the thread, do yourself a favor and go back and read the entire article. But don't just read; read slowly, thinking all along the way.

I read every word and agree with the writer, there, at most, 366 days in a year.