My experimental sortelege method of making predictions does not meet the standards of 'science'. That's okay. Science as an established dogma and worldview does not meet my prerequisites for meaningful engagement. Having said this, I certainly have respect for some of the aspects of research that has resulted in life improvements in fields like medicine and aviation. Research in the paranormal has met the same standards in a 'wide sample' of studies and peer reviewed research papers. Its telling that when some established scientists catch wind of these reports they react with outrage BEFORE even seeing them. There is an established and unscientific bias predicated by maintaining an acceptable world view.
My unsophisticated research is meant to verify or dismiss my own approach and not to undermine the works of Phd scientists like Dean Radin. I'm simply addressing a natural tropism toward finding meaning within my own field of interest. This is a risk. I could invoke N.N. Taleb in justifying my risk taking as entering into the more rewarding adventures in 'extremistan' rather than 'mediocrestan'. My credibility is at stake. My venture into a career choice is an extreme adventure.
This data-based experiment in sports prediction has lessons to teach. I believe today's (August 5) event prediction will indicate if a person does better with greater contact with fewer options through daily contemplation, visualization, and empathy toward specific teams of NASCAR contestants. My own interests and understanding will be more connected. I certainly have more interest in auto racing than I do football or hockey. I have little knowledge of the finer points of football other than the ability to clearly visualize team logos. I even have a newly found aversion to the culture of televised professional football.
Today's limited number of automobile racing teams in my prediction sample will indicate if there is any validity at all in remote and non-personalized viewing. Divination could be seen as personal and community instruction on future choices and that is my intention here.
AUGUST 5, 2018 AFTER THE WATKINS GLEN RESULTS
The results of today's Watkins Glen race proved that I am not (yet) a sortelege diviner and it proved something more important. Efforts and gumption in the present moment can overcome any 'predicted' defeat. We are fortune creating people, not subject to an unalterable fortune. Probabilities don't determine our results. The Universe delights in randomness that allows for possibilities. Although the victory by Chase Elliot negated my prediction and will cause me to put my attempted career on hold, I am also a fan of car racing and cheered and willed Chase Elliot onward to victory. I remember when his father, Bill Elliot, was a rookie and I cheered for him his entire career. It was a nostalgic and emotional victory for me to watch. Statistical validation of my sortelge skills are not as important as the dynamics of a winning life.
There is a lesson here about not giving up. There is a rational lesson here about being more reflective and adjusting my interests and methods. Victory in the Big Picture is what counts.
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