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27th December 2013, 10:47 PM | #121 |
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What are the odds of a 29 and a 28 hand occurring in one game? http://cribbagecorner.com/facts/perfect About one in 9 million. So it should happen in tournament play about once every 1,000 years. The quote didn't specify if this was in a tournament or just a friendly game.
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He has achieved his immediate goal - he has a lot of people discussing "probability" or "chance" or "odds"
..the main problem with that is that it has no relevance to the key aspects of the events of 9/11 - such as "Was there CD?" The facts of what happened on 9/11 were locked in place in history on 9/11. What happened then happened then...whether the pre-happening probability was low OR the post happening probability was 100%. What happened is a matter of fact - either way - it is a matter of fact - it is not a matter of probability. So all the probability discussion has zero relevance to "Was there CD?" And the reigning default hypothesis is "No CD?" ...it will remain the hypothesis until and if someone "proves" otherwise....don't hold your breath waiting. |
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It is hard not to notice the ignoring of the elephant in the truther living room. He failed to take into account the infinitely remote chance of rigging the buildings with explosives while occupied, generating holograms, death rays or whatever other damn fool nonsense these people believe this week.
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28th December 2013, 04:33 AM | #127 |
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As they say, hindsight is always 20/20. Probabilities and statistics discussed in the past tense when they've already happened is somewhat of a moot point because the low-odds event has already taken place in spite of the astronomical odds of it happening again in the future. Things do happen against incredible odds. Whether those things are nefarious or not isn't determined by probability though, something I think a lot of conspiracy leaners miss.
If that probability presents a problem to someone then they should be able to follow the chain of evidence and explain why it's suspect... To me, the survival of a passport in a plane crash is immaterial. Ever hear of the flight attendant that survived a 30,000 foot free fall after the plane she was in broke apart in mid air? Pretty unbelievable, but it goes to show that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. |
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http://www.opednews.com/Diary/9-11-H...80324-705.html He was on fire spreading this nonsense 5 years ago. Truthiecicada is the genus of the 5-year and 7-year periodical truther of eastern North America. Although they are sometimes called "truthers", this is a misnomer as conspiracy theorist belong to the taxonomic order Zero Evidence, suborder The Big Lie, while truthers belong to Very Dumb Lies. |
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Look into flight 1771, a suicide/murder. The plane was deliberately flown into the ground. 43 people died. The plane was in unrecognizable pieces. No bodies were found. Has some similarities to the 9/11 crashes, eh? And guess what? They found the hand written suicide note in the wreckage. Improbable stuff happens, and one shouldn't let their incredulity cause doubt. That is the lesson to be learned...... |
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Some people just can't fathom that random, improbable things still do happen spontaneously. A great number of these people insist that nature couldn't possibly become so organized simply by random selection, but there must be an invisible 'guiding hand' - ie a creator or intelligent designer.
It's the same process at work with 9/11 - anomalies and strange twists of fate are attributed to an 'intelligent design' secretly at work. In the case of 9/11 it's not 'God' but 'Them™', the invisible conspiracy. If flight 11 had not crashed into WTC 1, the probability of a hijacker's passport landing on a NYC street would have been exceedingly small; since it did in fact crash there, the probability increased dramatically. There is no requirement of a secret, invisible conspiracy beyond those basic facts to make it happen the way it did. Further, there is zero evidence that any such conspiracy to plant the passport existed. Did an invisible hand place the passport there? I dunno Did God cause the 2011 Tsunami which devastated Japan? I dunno There's zero evidence for either of those theories. That doesn't stop some people from believing the theories anyhow. |
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David:
Why don't you just cut through the BS and give us this convincing proof of "inside job"? You said you got it down to 99+%. It's been 12 years, what are you waiting for? |
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I was hoping our Truther friend would answer. Obviously the odds are exactly the same but because of our POV we consider 1-2-3-4-5 to somehow be more "unlikely" than a more "random" series. Same with his confirmation bias about passports.
Find a passport = how could they just happen to find it? Find no passport = no comment at all. |
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And the best answer is?................................To use a quantum mechanics analogy, the wave function has already collapsed, the observation has already been made. Probability is now meaningless. (LSSBB)
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It looks like you don't comprehend how accurate that analogy is.
So in your venture into false use of probabilities you have rejected: a) Explanations of your errors based on objective reasoning (me and a few others); b) Multiple anecdotal examples showing your errors (many members have contributed); AND NOW c) analogy from another field of scientific endeavour. Time to get out of the dead end track of false application of probability. Why not do what I and several others have suggested: Put up the list of facts which you claim outweigh the facts supporting the official narratives. AND for each one show why your facts outweigh the accepted facts. |
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Last night I got back at 02:30 and started reading responses/comments to figure out what the heck is going on here.
(Note: yesterday I did ask for a time out and gave it to myself. And I said, I would update later as to when I would be able to come back with another approach. As I see though, the responses continue to roll in. One more note: When I do not get back for a while or longer it is because I can't. I can't as can not as in, I ain't at my computer. Not by design to stall or irritate, but my situation doesn't allow it. Enough said.) While reading, it hit me right away that we simply are on different pages. You (JREF) had a number of posts that I should have picked up on as to what is going on. I did not. So, my fault, sorry. But you (the collective) are not blameless. I got stuck on ozeco's responses about 'pre-probability' and 'post-probability.' Which now knowing what happened, ozeco was 100% right .......... FROM his -- and quite a few other's -- perspective. My perspective: essentially the opposite. Again,I admit there a number of other responses I should have picked up on. But also there were many that were from the same perspective as ozeco's. (That does not seem to make sense because it doesn't; not without context. I will explain.) So I been thinking that recognition of the other side's perspective went without saying. That is to say, your side = the official story. My side = inside job. (More to come quickly). |
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You can take a time out any time you feel like it David. You can post replies whenever you are willing and able. What is very unlikely to happen is for the several posters following this thread to follow your lead as to when to, or not to, post.
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It should IF the process is intended to be one of reconciling opposing viewpoints.
If I dare to risk a metaphor we need a bridge between our two islands. I have offered to build a bridge from my island which you decline to take. The alternate therefore is you build the bridge which you are also reluctant to do. Hence my suggestion simple stated as "drop probability based arguments - let's discuss facts of evidence" So you still have four options towards progress: 1) Follow through explanations of probability offered by "our side"; 2) Put forward your own explanations of probability; 3) Drop probability - which is not the issue anyway - and discuss facts supporting your claims; OR 4) Continue wandering around a miscellaneous collection of disconnected bits with no sense of direction or purpose. As always ball is in your court. Play ball! |
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(Continued.) Of course it is absurd to talk about about occurrences after the fact. Your perspective: if hijacker's passports found ... they were found. So what. My perspective: if hijacker's passports found ... what were the odds. Your perspective, "what is the point??" My perspective, I have an easier/better explanation. This is where my statement comes from: "So I had been thinking that recognition of the other side's perspective went without saying." Trying to show how improbable 9/11 has no purpose unless I can show the same events that happened on 9/11 can be explained away much more simply and much more probable. And after all that, that is what I am going to try to do.
I rambled in what i was wrote but since we spent so much time seemingly backward to each other I thought it deserved a "explanation." Anyway, I hope you get what I was saying. I should have said in my opening post that I would provide a simpler explanation. I did not. |
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911 truth does not understand physics. The passport survived due to physics. Low mass, and it was ejected; along with countless other items, found or not found; rings, wallets, etc. Stuff from accidents, and this case murder you make fun of. 911 truth posts nonsense because they can't figure out crash science given 12 years to do the research. 12 years.
5 years ago you made up lies about this event. http://www.opednews.com/Diary/9-11-H...80324-705.html When will you retract these silly lies? |
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As to the wave function, you are are correct. It collapsed. But this is what the whole inside job vs no inside job is all about. What we observe after the collapse -- say it collapsed right after the events of 9/11 -- is not the same. You see a dead cat , we see the cat is alive. But which is it? Hence, we are disputing this.
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YES....but don't keep circling the point...move forward.
"We" have said "Cat has no pulse" "Cat is squashed flat due to MVA" And all you keep repeating is that the cat had crossed the road thousands of times and the probability of it getting run over was very low. And you imply "The cat is still alive" but don't actually get round to saying it. And we keep saying "The probability on this occasion was 100% - see the cat is dead." So over to you to prove that the cat is still living. Change out of metaphor mode whenever it suits you. PS Its a long story but some years back my neighbour had a cat - and it frequently crossed the road in front of our adjoining properties. It successfully crossed the road 3765 and one half times. I don't think it had a 1:3766 chance of being alive. I thought - still think - it was 100% dead. |
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No. That assumes both positions are equally valid. Yours is not valid. This is not a matter of perspective. There is no evidence to support your claim of explosives, holograms, death rays or whatever else you people think happened. The fact you see a "live cat" as you put it, means your perception and interpretation are faulty. All points of view are not created equal. Some are better than others. Yours is not as good as most people's here because your point of view is not supported by evidence.
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Well those of us having actually addressed the probability at the time of impact used known examples, facts, and logic. I assume that David will propose that an unknown, organization, not having been shown to exist, ( basically invoking ghosts), planted this passport ( and presumably the other three as well) in order to bolster the story of Saudi born hijackers. All of this in an effort to prove that followers of Saudi terrorist with his base in Afghanistan attacked the USA. This to be the pretext to invade Afghanistan and Iraq, perhaps to later invade Iran as well. Odd then that this completely made up scenario did not have the hijackers be Afghani or Iraqi. Then again there I go wondering at the logic and asking questions.
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