April 3, 2003

• Musical Metaphysics

  
  

  Some background for my journal entries of  April 2, 2003 (Symmetries), of March 31, 2003 (Sunday Lottery), and of March 28, 2003 (Bright Star):

  
  

  In memory of

  
  

  
  
  • Rusty Draper, who died Friday, March 28, 2003 (“Gambler’s Guitar“), and of
    
    
    
  • Edwin Starr, who died Wednesday, April 2, 2003 (“Agent Double-O-Soul” and “War… Absolutely Nothing“) ….

  
  

  Today’s site music (see midi console at top right of screen) is “All or Nothing at All.”

  
  

  In view of the Sunday Lottery entry of March 31 and of Starr’s hits,  this song might be retitled “007 or 256.”

  
  

  In view of Draper’s hit

  
  

  
  

  “Tell all the folks that
    this life’s a game of poker….”

  
  

  the following article is of interest:

  
  

  
  

  “GOD MAY PLAY DICE with the universe, as Einstein once feared, but serious gamblers, scorning metaphysical crapshoots and the casino’s house edge, prefer no-limit Texas hold’em poker….”

  
  

  — James McManus, Boston Globe, Sunday, March 30, 2003

  
  

  Two other quotes, epigraphs to the classic novel Cosmic Banditos, seem relevant:

  
  

  
  

  God does not play dice with the universe.
  — Albert Einstein

  
  

  Not only does God play dice with the universe, but sometimes he throws them where they cannot be seen.
  — Stephen Hawking

  
  

  Those who prefer Jewish metaphysics can consult the related book

  
  

  Seinfeld and Philosophy:
  A Book about Everything and Nothing.
  
  

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