the prime calcula/his citadel and other quotes

António Pedro Marques · 20 Jan 2011, 19:36 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: entonio at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?QW50w7NuaW8gUGVkcm8gTWFycXVlcw==?=)
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:36:25 +0000
Subject: (urth) the prime calcula/his citadel and other quotes
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Marc Aramini wrote (20-01-2011 18:48):
> But this last case is different, every time I look through the book I see
> more quotes equating motherhood with a particular set of characters, I
> see a consistent scheme, I see no contradictory evidence, only motivation
> unrevealed, so I have a certainty approaching 100% and I think my chance
> of convincing someone who sees the same data should be in the high 90th
> percentile.  If all the data is explained and fits, then I can't see how
> it can be rationalized away, when doing so makes other statements seem
> merely like desciption of banal events or just kind of weird observations
> with no application, even though they are all consistent and pointing to
> the same conclusion.

That's a very valid point, I just don't think that it applies in this 
particular case.

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