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From: mei...
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 00:00

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In soc.culture.jewish on Thu, 25 Sep 1997 02:34:26 GMT
d...@mkitso.ultranet.com (David Ellis) posted:

>
>In the case of the paper under question,  the experimenters appear to
>have been honestly motivated to find some result of seemingly low
>probability.  But the assumptions are not always clear.   I suspect
>that the results of this study are analogous to the case of an archer
>who fires an arrow and then paints the target around the spot where
>the arrow landed. 

Interestingly, I first heard that parable at a [pro-]Codes lecture.

posted

> In my admittedly less than expert opinion,  the
>study was sincerely intended and unwittingly fallacious.
>--
>David  J  Ellis
>92 Wilson Drive / Framingham, MA 01702
>d...@mkitso.ultranet.com

 
meir

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Subject: Re: Bible codes
Date: 1997/09/25
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