Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: whodat Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics Subject: Re: I did _not_ believe she'd do it. Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 10:14:02 -0500 Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net EwwRRSPcXR1WjpHm+gktTA+YQE+P4ZuqG/q7ZNGpnEyQoWsYZ3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:SyzCDQLsHfdSilYROGQnYxyZa2U= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.14.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.setup:4670 comp.os.linux.advocacy:595171 sci.physics:833593 On 10/3/2021 5:56 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 03/10/2021 06:15, whodat wrote: >> On 10/2/2021 11:49 PM, Branimir Maksimovic wrote: >>> On 2021-10-03, Jeff-Relf.Me  @. wrote: >>>> You (Max) replied ( to me ): >>>>>> To be fair, I respect her decision; >>>>>> her new man was a better fit for her. >>>>> >>>>> Because *you beleived* it will happen :P >>>> >>>> No, it happened because I did _not_ believe she'd do it. >>> >>> You are LYING to YOURSELF ... >> >> Isn't this one of those "it doesn't matter" things? The underlying >> facts cannot ever be changed and there is no lesson to be learned >> that is usefully applicable to future events. > > Ah. The philosophical Problem of Induction. > > Given a result, establish what caused it. Beyond all reasonable doubt. > > Do you recall that SF tale where a man goes looking for the Creator and > finds him propping up a bar in a remote and dull planet somewhere and says: > > "Oh Creator, please, why are we all born to suffer, and to die?" > And the creator sighs, puts down his beer glass and says: > > "Well, why not?" :-)