19 Jan
2004
19 Jan
'04
3:43 p.m.
<< I was wondering if there is a name for the practice of drawing tenuous assocations between unassociated entities from a rich association domain, and specifically, the practice of drawing mathematical associations between mathematically unrelated numbers?
This is called either "numerology" or "lying with statistics", depending on which one is applicable. --Dan -- NOTE: Please direct any responses to <asimov@msri.org>, since I may not keep this AOL e-address much longer -- thanks.