Re: Surprising statistics

On 03-05-2008 18:15, JSH wrote:

>>>>>>>> But that pails in comparison to the ****fts that far more powerful
>>>>>>>> people in the shadow governments have done, even as various
political
>>>>>>>> regimes have toppled with the latest just occurring in Britain.
>>>>>>> I have to admit that I missed that one. What are you talking
about?
>>>>>> The Government lost heavily in local elections last Thursday.  This
>>>>>> only affects control of local councils not the composition of
>>>>>> Parliament. 
Seehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk_politics/2008/local_elections_...
>>>>>> rossum
>>>>> Yup.  I was dealing with a nonsensical response as in comparison to
>>>>> the search string "definition of mathematical proof" coming up
highly
>>>>> for me the poster put up some wacky crap, so I just babbled in
reply,
>>>>> which I find is kind of fun at times.  (I started a response that
>>>>> included the word "fool" multiple times but decided not to post it.)
>>>>> It's sort of the way I just throw up my hands and say screw it.
>>>>> Kind of fun, as a weird way of expressing frustration and it
generates
>>>>> buzz.
>>>>> The really scary government changes occurred a while back in
Australia
>>>>> and I think, was it Spain?
>>>> In Spain, they had a Socialist government, they had general elections
>>>> two months ago and the Socialist Party won again. Is this an example
of
>>>> of "various political regimes [that] have toppled"?
>>> Go back further...
>>>>> I could go on and on with "coincidences" around things I say, but
it's
>>>>> not something I take too seriously as I don't think it's real, you
>>>>> know?  So it's part of the mythology that I write around my own
life,
>>>>> following Joseph Campbell's POWER OF MYTH.
>>>>> In that way I'm a mythological hero in my own tale, so in that
>>>>> context, just about anything can be possible, but why take it too
>>>>> seriously, you know?
>>>> It looks as if *you* take it seriously.
>>> It's a hoot!  You're just going to contradict whatever I say anyway...
>>> Oh, as for government changes, go back to the Australian one when
>>> Howard got the boot--which I notice you didn't mention--and look for
>>> what other nation had a quick change at the SAME TIME.
>> Your were *not* talking about government changes, but about "various
>> political regimes [that] have toppled".
> 
> Like I said, you're just going to contradict whatever I say...

That's funny, since in my previous I denied *none* of your statements.

> So Howard's loss in Australia was not a toppling to you?

It certainly was not a toppling of a political regime.

> And you
> can't find any other country that saw some significant event around
> the same time?

If replacing the party in power by another one at a certain moment is
the kind of "significant event" that you have in mind, than I can find
*lots* of other events that took place about the same time.

> And you think you're a mathematician?

Yes, but since we are talking about politics here, I fail to see the
relevance here.

> Why?  Please explain your qualifications for everyone.

I could do that, but I won't. The first reason is that my qualifications
as a mathematician are irrelevant for this discussion.

> And remember people, I say mathematicians routinely lie, but lies
> can't stop consequences.

The second one is that you would not believe me anyway.

> Mathematicians play their games and the world changes, but they just
> deny it.  My analysis indicates this state of affairs can continue
> only because civilization removes the intelligence premium--stupid
> people face little to no consequences versus in the past usually not
> reproducing.

Years ago, your analysis indicated that your most recent "research"
would bring the end of civilization as we know it. Remember that?
Here it is:

http://mathforum.org/kb/plaintext.jspa?messageID=4287323

in the case you forgot it. Have we any reasons to suspect that you
analytical skills have improved since then?

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos