Originally Posted By: Shotgunjones
Computers can't analyze anything.

They are only a tool for the scientist, and all they do is run whatever program the investigator has written containing his assumptions and theories.

They process the data into tables and graphs, and it's left to the experimenter to interpret the fit, if any, to reality.

A scientist named Bob in his lab:

"Here's my experimental results. It looks to me like the system under investigation obeys these laws (sound of equation entry on computer keyboard)." Enter the RUN command. Presto, a chart that displays all possible outcomes and the probability of each.

"Hum. That does not at all look like the preconceived notions I had when I started this. If I report these results, the scientific community will laugh at me, and my grant funding will dry up. I can't have that. Lets' see here... if I fiddle with the equations like so... RUN... perfect! A discovery! I'll call it 'The Bob Effect' and bask in the notoriety that is rightfully mine."

The thing about probability is that given enough trials, every 'possible' outcome must occur, eventually. Thus, 'possible' has taken on the meaning of 'will'. We are told that a living organism 'will' assemble itself from a random vat of chemicals given enough time, or that one day all the pellets from one shot charge will follow each other into the same hole.





I pray to God on this Earth Day, 2017, that you don't believe a single word of what you wrote, and, that there are no other people reading here, that do, or at minimum, who may potentially be reproducing by whatever means they imagine it is possible to.

What you wrote is an absolutely verifiable crock of feces.
At a minimum, it is vacuous, as applied policy; it is catastrophic lunacy.
It is a cretinous insult to anyone/everyone, that has ever actually applied themselves to the matters of mankind's well being.

If you actually believe any of that, it is a waste of electrons to even bother with a further response.
My day has been diminished by even the mere reading of it.
I wish I hadn't.


Last edited by ClapperZapper; 04/22/17 06:14 PM.

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