September 19, 2005

• The Randomness

  In yesterday’s New York Times, science writer George Johnson quoted a Buddhist:

  “Though he professes to accept evolutionary theory, he recoils at one of
  its most basic tenets: that the mutations that provide the raw material
  for natural selection occur at random. Look deeply enough, he suggests,
  and the randomness will turn out to be complexity in disguise– ‘hidden
  causality,’ the Buddha’s smile. There you have it, Eastern religion’s
  version of intelligent design.”

  – “The Universe in a Single Atom”: Reason and Faith

  God’s Sermon:
  

  The Randomness
  
  

  Sunday NY lottery 9/18/05	Sunday PA lottery 9/18/05
  Midday:  748	Midday:  999
  Evening: 000	Evening: 709

  Gamblers, religious zealots, and the insane may interpret the above as utterances of Lady Luck, God, or The Conspiracy.

  A Buddhist interpretation for the New York Times:

  748 is the address of
  the New Orleans Zen Temple, and
  000 is of course a symbol of Nirvana.

  A Christian interpretation for the home state of Grace Kelly:

  999 = “fullness,”
  709 = 7/09 = “multitude,”
  with “fullness” and “multitude”
  as in the Log24 entry of
  St. Luke’s Day, 2004.

  See also the previous entry,
  Barging In.

  Update of 7:11 PM EDT:
  
  Barging In, Part II is on
  Turner Movie Classics at 8 PM EDT.

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