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Journal: April 16, 2010
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Acceptance                         Epistemology

Randomness: I like a little randomness in the order of things, it adds an element of surprise to an otherwise ordered existence. I object to referee reconsiderations based on video, it destroys a little randomness that infuses the challenge of the game: sometimes you get good refs, sometimes bad, it’s all part of the “game”.

Perhaps Epicurus had it right a little quantum randomness in falling particles, which Einstein showed that ALL particles in the universe are “falling” gravitationally i.e. accelerating along the curvature of space-time, at least until they fall into a black hole. Then who knows what they do?

Paradoxically, I like a lot order in the randomness of things as well; it allows us to go about our daily lives.