Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00009)

I misunderstood, after reading what 'Z' is I know what you were
referring to. I thought it was someone who had done something on this
list to deserve general disapproval, which I've seen happen on other
unrelated mailing lists.

Regardless, my main standing argument is that this seems highly
unlikely just to happen by chance, even though it still could. Usually
science has a reason for such statistical phenomena, but I can't look
to science in this area. And if someone such as H.P.B. were to receive
messages from a master I see no reason why it couldn't happen to
someone else.

True -- number guessing is not very spiritual. I'm just using a
statistical method to back up my claims. I have no other way to
empirically (with my own senses) verify what has happened, because it
is wholly and entirely anomolous; there's nothing that can prove that
this is or isn't real, but such an experiment would lead me to believe
that this is the more likely cause.


-Mark H.


On Apr 1, 2005 12:12 PM, thalprin <thalprin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Z? Hmmmm, folks feelings about this is that an issue for you?
> 
> Perhaps, you're not understanding my suggestion judging by the 1 in
> 160 trillions remark.
> 
> Extreme ideals? Hmmmmm, like what for instance?
> 
> The discussion of what: Z, numbers-odds a/o spiritual concerns?
> 
> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Hamilton Jr."
> <waking.adept@g...> wrote:
> > Judging from the sarcastic tone, I'm guessing this is critical. I
> see
> > from other postings that apparently some people have a grudge
> against
> > Z? Strangely enough, this is a discussion on theosophy--surely
> you'd
> > think everyone would get along, even if they had extreme ideals?
> >
> > I digress; this was what I was looking for, I suppose. a 1 in 160
> > trillion chance is just that--even how improbable something is, it
> > still can happen.
> >
> > I will still be waiting to hear from more people. I'm sure there's
> > something to this, and if it's not real then I still wish to
> > participate in the discussion.
> >
> > -Mark H.
> >
> > On Apr 1, 2005 11:35 AM, thalprin <thalprin@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I can roll double sixs 11 times in a row -however- I wouldn't
> > > consider that a spiritual event nor a 'proofing'.
> > >
> > > I don't play cards much -and- sometimes I can even see the other
> > > players cards (through the mist) -however- I'd consider that
> this is
> > > not a spiritual exercise either.
> > >
> > > hehe, is his name Z ?
> > >
> > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Hamilton Jr."
> > > <waking.adept@g...> wrote:
> > > > "I must be losing it," I thought. So recently I decided to ask
> > > > Whitney, my girlfriend, and the only person in my life who
> would
> > > never
> > > > pass judgement on me, to test if this was real. I told her
> > > everything,
> > > > and we set up an experiment. She would randomly pick a number
> from
> > > > 1-10. I would ask my master to procure the number for me, and I
> > > would
> > > > say it. I was right, dead on, 4 times, and I was wrong the one
> > > time I
> > > > guessed myself (I added a control). That has a 1 in 1000
> chance of
> > > > happening, statistically. Not too bad.
> > > >
> > > > We went further. I asked her to guess a number between 1 and
> 20.
> > > 3/3
> > > > correct, that's a 1 in 8,000 chance, altogether a chance of 1
> in
> > > > 8,000,000. We continued until the probability of guessing was
> > > > estimated at about 1 in 160 trillion. I made sure to randomly
> guess
> > > > the number myself at various times (I guessed right once out of
> > > the 15
> > > > times I did this). At this point, it was highly improbable
> that it
> > > was
> > > > just luck. So I put some trust in the guy.
> > > >
> > >
> > > > -Mark H.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mark Hamilton Jr.
> > > > waking.adept@g...
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mark Hamilton Jr.
> > waking.adept@g...
> 
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Mark Hamilton Jr.
waking.adept@gmail.com