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[zelazny]

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yes yes...these are all adequate ideas of CHANCE...but what is it? an uncontrolable force? what?
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but now you're personifying chance, well, more like objectifying. You mentally make a 'thing' out of it. Almost as if to find a 'reason' why something happened this way, instead of the other.

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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[Hannibal]

*stands behind Zela and points* YEA!!!
Take that!
*pats Zela on the shoulder * good one...

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As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious...

If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I wil write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always, I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.

[SHATOUSHKA]

au contrair...

it seems to me that what you are doing is attempting to make CHANCE into a phenomenon...is that true?
chance is merely phenomenon?

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[Hannibal]

I've got you Shat! Chance is a word!
Hmmmm I'd have to go with chance is probability at it's best. Chance is math.

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As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious...

If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I wil write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always, I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.

[zelazny]

hmm, but math is a (probably consistent) system that's made up by humans.
Every math relies on a certain amount of axioms and there are infinite possible ones, so why should our math be a valid descriptor for chance



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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[SHATOUSHKA]

exactly zela...and speaking of math:

howzabouta broken record...

in math, why should we recognize the number one?

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[SHATOUSHKA]

and after that...tell me why we should recognize the number zero.

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[Hannibal]

*groans* damnit... so much for math, once again. Damn, I am a broken record.
*groans*


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As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious...

If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I wil write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always, I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.

[Alex]

chance is a dance

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[zelazny]

"broken records"?
i think i hit a language barrier there.

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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.