RE: virus: Scientists and Philosophers

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:32:04 -0500

On 2/10/99 16:30, Richard Brodie said this-

>I've never seen this argued, but one could hypothesize that following
>astrological advice fits nicely into game theory if the pseudo-random
>decision process is used with a decent probability distribution among
>weighted alternative courses of action.

Every time an astrologer (or a NLP'r...) claims that their 'thing' 'works' they are arguing from precisely this stance.

It don't make any of 'em real. It may make 'em memetic, though....



Wade T. Smith
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