Re: Phaistos Disk : the DOGMATICS and the PROOFS (Was: The Phaistos Disk, side A, according to...)

From: Herman Rubin (hrubin_at_odds.stat.purdue.edu)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: 20 Jul 2004 10:56:40 -0500

In article <337ae51f.0407200349.95d5549@posting.google.com>,
grapheus <grapheus@www.com> wrote:
>hrubin@odds.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) wrote in message news:<cdgq4t$21kc@odds.stat.purdue.edu>...
>> In article <337ae51f.0407180321.7fa18fa1@posting.google.com>,
>> grapheus <grapheus@www.com> wrote:
>> >"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<40F9AE8A.1FAC@worldnet.att.net>...
>> >> grapheus wrote:

>> >> > hrubin@odds.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) wrote in message news:<cdbc64$miu@odds.stat.purdue.edu>...
>> >> > > In article <337ae51f.0407140945.1157149a@posting.google.com>,
>> >> > > grapheus <grapheus@www.com> wrote:
>> >> > > >What is characteristic with DOGMATIC people is their VOLUNTARY
>> >> > > >BLINDNESS. They never see the obvious if it contradicts their
>> >> > > >favourite DOGMA.

                                ..............

>> When it comes to difference in the distribution of syllables
>> or other signs, the problem is much worse.

>Much worse ,.. Surely !.. "Impossible" ?.. J.F. pretends the
>contrary... As far as his "Statistical Methods" have led to a
>*PROVEN* result, I'm tempted to believe him ... The more as common
>sense says that "each language written in a peculiar script has some
>statistical characteristics"...
>For instance, the frequency of the group "THE" in Alphabetic English
>compared to Alphabetic French (This example has been given by J.F. in
>one of his paper)...

The frequency of the group "THE" in alphabetic English differs
substantially from author to author and from subject to subject,
and there is considerable author-subject interaction.

Remember that a book has been written without the letter "e". 

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