[MD] Choosing Chance

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 23 Jan 2010 at 12:33, Ham Priday wrote:
 
> Chance is what we call any event that we cannot predict with empirical
> evidence.  Thus, combustion, pregnancy, measles, ganguarine, genetic
> predisposition, heavier-than-air flight, ocean tides, and solar eclipses 
> were all  "chance events" at one time in human history.

Right. Another name for chance is "ignorance." It's a weasel word like 
"random," "emerge," "arise" and "contingent" that purports to explain a 
phenomenon but actually explains nothing. "Chance" really says "I don't 
know," often followed by, "So don't ask, dummy." 

Warm regards,
Platt

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