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- From: nichols@spss.com (David Nichols)
- Subject: Re: Philosophy and Stats
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.201319.2149@spss.com>
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- Organization: SPSS Inc.
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:13:19 GMT
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- This really isn't particularly relevant, but it's one of my favorite
- quotes, so I can't resist the chance to go off on a tangent.
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- As John Wendell mentioned, Einstein had trouble with quantum theory
- and made the statement that in his mind God does not play at dice.
- Stephen Hawking's response to this statement was that not only does
- God play at dice, but he (his sexism, not mine) sometimes throws them
- where you can't see them.
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