<< 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?

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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.