Klarinet Archive - Posting 000340.txt from 1997/10

From: Ian Dilley <imd@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #301
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 10:27:57 -0400

But can you tell the difference blindfolded with someone else pressing
the keys? :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Garrett [SMTP:rgarrett@-----.edu]
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 1997 2:44 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Cc: leeson@-----.edu
> Subject: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #301
>
>
> > On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:
> > > I have no
> > > doubt that you believe you can, but, so far, the above scenario
> > > gives rise to the possibility that you are truthful but fooling
> > > your self; i.e., you really can't tell but are using things other
> > > than sound to arrive at the conclusion that you are attributing to
> > > sound.
>
> "Gives rise to the possibility." Hmmmmm.....now this is very
> clear...are you saying that I could be right, but for the sake
> of not yet giving up......Ok.....but remember this, some insurance
> companies made a ton of money about five years ago when some yahoo
> predicted a major earthquake in the middle of Illinois...to occur on a
> specific day. These insurance companies all made out with lots of
> profit
> for selling earthquake insurance.......and you know, the earthquake
> was
> based on "the possibility". The possibility that the sun might
> explode
> tomorrow over something we do not yet understand is there....remote
> but
> there.....
>
> Roger Garrett