tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post24349944736519333..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Bears, pigs, and the likeMichael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-35126068029890242762009-05-07T13:22:00.000-07:002009-05-07T13:22:00.000-07:00Threes? Male, Female, then some of us others, tran...Threes? Male, Female, then some of us others, trangenderedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-68166167584920510882009-05-06T06:37:00.000-07:002009-05-06T06:37:00.000-07:00@ ze:
No need to apologize! It's nice to know I'm...@ ze:<br /><br />No need to apologize! It's nice to know I'm not the only person who thinks this. :)Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281785407407667986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-60635156339657300902009-05-04T19:32:00.000-07:002009-05-04T19:32:00.000-07:00Why do axioms come in threes? Because God plays j...Why do axioms come in threes? Because God plays jokes too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-16012921193454749582009-05-04T18:53:00.000-07:002009-05-04T18:53:00.000-07:00oops. 10 minutes too late. sorry for the double po...oops. 10 minutes too late. sorry for the double post! :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-88855471964260348982009-05-04T18:50:00.000-07:002009-05-04T18:50:00.000-07:00My guess regarding jokes: Three appears in jokes s...My guess regarding jokes: Three appears in jokes so often, because it's the smallest number after two, and two is the least number of points required to determine a straight line.<br /><br />For many of these jokes involving three people, the joke usually builds up in a certain direction, and the punchline comes when the joke takes a sudden twist in some other direction.<br /><br />The building up is usually done by relating what the first two people have done/said. Build up is not possible with only one person, because then we won't know what it's building up to. <br /><br />In short, two points are required to establish a trend, and the third point is required to "break" that trend.<br /><br />We can have more "points" in the joke, but most people don't do that, either to keep the joke short, or because they've run out of characters/stereotypes. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-17422382129521666792009-05-04T18:40:00.000-07:002009-05-04T18:40:00.000-07:00@ Markkimarkkonnen:
I suspect that one of the rea...@ Markkimarkkonnen:<br /><br />I suspect that one of the reasons joke things come in threes is that two is the minimum number of things you need to establish a pattern. Hence, three is the minimum number of things you need to establish a pattern and then break it.<br /><br />What I want to know is, why do <I>axioms</I> often come in threes? The open-set axioms for a topology, the axioms for a sigma-algebra, the axioms for a partial or total order...Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281785407407667986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-42799764180315312142009-05-04T14:15:00.000-07:002009-05-04T14:15:00.000-07:00It's not just animals. Want to jump off a cliff s...It's not just animals. Want to jump off a cliff simultaneously with someone else? You "go on three". Some languages only have words for specific numbers up to three. It seems like we count up to three subconsciously. Suppose you and someone else walk past a table where some people are eating lunch. An hour later, ask your companion how many people were at that table. I'll bet that you see a dramatic drop off in accuracy when the number of people at the table reaches four. Our minds seem to have some sort of fuzzy cutoff point at three dividing the built-in numbers from the ones we've constructed. Jokes come in threes (an engineer, a scientist, a mathematician) etc.Markkimarkkonnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122368349695914223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-52384282185341761532009-05-04T13:33:00.000-07:002009-05-04T13:33:00.000-07:00I'm with the thinking that temperature is by prefe...I'm with the thinking that temperature is by preference, not by cooling, so the story isn't in error. That is, mama bear likes her porridge cold, so it was served chilled.Chris Wellonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18075264129097520330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-47783937036290159442009-05-04T12:07:00.000-07:002009-05-04T12:07:00.000-07:00I don't like to think about myself as not scientif...I don't like to think about myself as not scientifically minded, but I've done some research about your last question. It seems that other people have done it, too. :-)<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/boardarchives/2001/sep2001/significanceof3.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/boardarchives/2001/sep2001/significanceof3.html</A>This one costs a bit, but might be useful: <A HREF="http://www.azete.com/preview/20854" REL="nofollow">http://www.azete.com/preview/20854</A>.Vekyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207072339468136950noreply@blogger.com