Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id VAA08784 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 8 Aug 2001 21:23:41 +0100 Subject: Re: MR Evidence Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 16:20:14 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20010808202100.AAA15059@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 08/08/01 15:16, Dace said this-
>He noted that the odds of
>achieving this result were 10,000 to 1. Like Schwartz, Pickering concluded
>that his results confirmed morphic resonance.
Oh, by the Random Quanta!
And just how in hell did he come up with a 10K to 1 chance?
And just what in hell did he dismiss as causes before he determined this
must be confirmation of 'morphic resonance'? (Tip o' the hat to Terry
Pratchett, as we've been told.)
These are little more than parlor tricks, and don't at all deserve the
approbation of science.
- Wade
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