KevinB
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| Quote (Bob O'H @ Mar. 10 2015,07:23) | | Quote (KevinB @ Mar. 09 2015,12:19) | | Quote (Zachriel @ Mar. 09 2015,09:29) | | Quote (JohnW @ Mar. 06 2015,13:05) | I've been trying to kick the Uncommonly Dense habit. But this is just too awesome:
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Box March 5, 2015 at 8:02 am
| Quote | | Zachriel: Drawing ten straight flushes in a row from a fair, well-shuffled deck is not plausible (…) |
Indeed. And why is not plausible? Exactly because of the second law, which is all about probability. |
Nineteen minutes later:
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Box March 5, 2015 at 8:21 am
| Quote | | Zach: The odds of a royal flush are not an example of thermodynamics. |
True. However it’s totally irrelevant, because who said they are? You are not playing stupid with me now or what? |
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Z: The caloric cost of shuffling and dealing and playing of cards are paid for by the alcohol.
That's your thermodynamics for ya! |
"Intelligent Design" is, of course, based on the use of a marked deck.
Let's employ a card sharp metaphor.....
"Canada Dry" O'Leary?
"Pair of Sevens" BA?
Montserrat Jim?
"Doc Bill" Dembski?
Now, who's got the deck with 5 aces? The one that's all jokers? The trick deck that always cuts at the Queen of Spades?
And of course UD's version of Canada Bill Jones' Law..
"A ban hammer beats four aces" |
You missed out the question of how many cards in their decks: clearly it's less than 52. |
It's an Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot deck.
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