tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760307254603261893.post9185415424950799472..comments2023-07-30T21:23:49.509+08:00Comments on Because I say so...: The Perfect ImperfectionsCorneliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08049388322332876859noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760307254603261893.post-57766231677737215982010-05-13T07:22:02.990+08:002010-05-13T07:22:02.990+08:00Ah! Socrates29, that is a slightly different story...Ah! Socrates29, that is a slightly different story! Some fortune tellers would like to claim that they can "see" the future. This I don't believe. But I think it is possible to compile data, much the same way we compile data for medical research. When we have enough data, we can see a <b>trend</b>. So, for example, when a person smokes, has high blood pressure, is a diabetic etc, so it can been seen that he has a certain percentage higher risk of having a heart attack etc. <br /><br />In a similar way, when there is enough data compiled, it may be seen that when people have a certain line on their palms in a specific place and in a specific curve or shape, that may suggest, based on data compiled, say, some sort of disease or windfall etc. But as in the medical research, it is not 100% certain. It merely suggests, based on the data compiled, that there is a higher possibility of it happening like that.<br /><br />I suppose some fortune tellers consider themselves "rich" by the mere fact that they're able to "help" others to "see" their future - the kind of "richness" which may not translate into dollars and cents. Knowledge may be richness too to some people.<br /><br />But as I said, not all of us would want to know our future even if the fortune teller can really tell us accurately. Well, maybe under <a href="http://ckoh1965.blogspot.com/2007/10/unfortunate-fortune.html" rel="nofollow">some circumstances</a>, we might be tempted to know!Corneliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08049388322332876859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760307254603261893.post-1642657183913864162010-05-12T22:21:12.796+08:002010-05-12T22:21:12.796+08:00I know this post is not about fortune tellers but ...I know this post is not about fortune tellers but I beg to divert a bit since your last comment here did touch on fortune tellers and what they can do - tell other people's fortunes and luck, I just wonder if they can do these, how come they,the fortune tellers themselves can not predict their own fortunes and use their skills in foretelling to become rich themselves?<br /><br />This way they don't have to go around knocking on our office doors to get people interested to hear their fortune.<br /><br />Like other people operating their business in my office area, I have resorted to putting up amongst my "No Sales personnel,Please!" sign, a "No Fortune Teller" one also.Socrates29noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760307254603261893.post-23658956045957938142010-05-12T17:01:03.909+08:002010-05-12T17:01:03.909+08:00Haha! delurk, perhaps the book thing wasn't a ...Haha! delurk, perhaps the book thing wasn't a very good metaphor. But of course I don't rule out that <i>some</i> people would read the last chapter first before the rest of the book. But I'm inclined to believe that <i>the majority</i> wouldn't.<br /><br />Some people want the short cut to the conclusion. So they would ask the fortune teller when and how will they become rich. How many children (and wives) will they have etc. But most people won't ask the fortune tellers, and I suspect it's not only because they don't believe in what the fortune tellers tell them. I think they want to find out for themselves.Corneliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08049388322332876859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760307254603261893.post-85051041637572226502010-05-12T15:16:55.766+08:002010-05-12T15:16:55.766+08:00It's not unusual for women to read the last ch...It's not unusual for women to read the last chapter of a book before reading the whole book. I live with one!delurknoreply@blogger.com