When the world is mathe­ma­ti­cal­ly small.

Lis­te­ned while wri­ting this post, try while rea­ding it :o)

This post is the seven­teenth in a series reflec­ting on the mea­ning of life and the impor­tance of this ques­tion. These posts should be read in the order they are publi­shed as, star­ting at the 6th for example, dear rea­der, will mean the whole thing makes no sense. Hap­py reading! 

Sta­tis­tics. This mathe­ma­ti­cal dis­ci­pline is very dif­fi­cult for the humble human being to unders­tand. Our logi­cal brains have been trying since time imme­mo­rial to find some sense of mea­ning in this science where there is none. In truth, sta­tis­tics does have a logic of its own, but not the one which we had hoped for. What we want is an invi­sible force to offer us a chance to win the lot­te­ry or to pro­tect us from the tra­ge­dy of losing a loved one but, until pro­ven other­wise, this invi­sible force sad­ly does not exist. Even if it did, people would want to influence it in order to be able to control the outcome. 

Some believe that this control can be ear­ned, and others go off war­ning signs and omens, whil­st the more scien­ti­fi­cal­ly min­ded among us lean towards the prin­ciple of repe­ti­tion and cal­cu­la­tion in order to achieve victory.

It all sounds a lit­tle airy fai­ry, but the rea­li­ty is much more drab and ordi­na­ry: these situa­tions hap­pen and they can hap­pen at any given moment- it is impos­sible to know when. And the one and only cer­tain­ty about the lot­te­ry is that you have to be in it to win it. The rest is pure­ly down to chance.

Until next time…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Hei­di Dew­hirst: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-virginia-dewhirst-142983a4/

Last Upda­ted on Janua­ry 8, 2022 by Coach Dan­ny