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...which would make perfect sense if the yarrow method we have today actually was older than the three coin method...
...which would make perfect sense if the yarrow method we have today actually was older than the three coin method...
... it seems as if nobody ever wanted to go the other way around, that is, modify the yarrow stalks method in order to obtain a slower, more elaborate method with the same symmetric probabilities as the three coin... is this true?...
Thank you:... I foresee in the method you describe: when you divide the sticks into three subsets, each subset representing a line...
So, since 49 is odd, you can only divide it in these two possible ways:
e + e + o = 49
o + o + o = 49
... I don't even know what the Jou Tsung-Hwa simplifications are...
Maybe different probabilities (yarrow, coins or else) work better for different persons, this is what I tend to believe so far...
Update!I just now ordered several 30 sided dice for this experiment, which will make for even more randomness
If I understand well, it's the same as using the three coins: the dice have 20 sides, but you simply count even numbers as 2 and odd ones as 3.Twenty-sided? How does it work?
It seems to me that the summary of this topic is this: equally as important as the method's probabilistic implications, are the psychological implications.
Mm. Certainly the material I use affects me. Working with yarrow gives a huge sense of connection and continuity, much stronger than with other things. (I know the method isn't ancient, but the use of yarrow in one way or another is about as old as the oracle.)I believe there must be something in the material and/or in the way you use it that can provide you with a better connection, because it acts like a catalyst for your psyche...
Sorry to harp on this (straight from the flogging a dead horse department?) but the probabilisitc implications are null if probability doesn't enter into it.
How do you explain the startling and uncanny resonance between the situation you're in and the hexagram you draw on so many occasions, and which so many people report, if it's only probability at work?
Probability can be at work, and other things can be at work along with it.
If I understand well, it's the same as using the three coins: the dice have 20 sides, but you simply count even numbers as 2 and odd ones as 3.
The difference lies in the fact that dice roll (I don't remember having seen 20 sided dice, but they must be nearly as round as balls!), while coins can only fall on either side: not different probabilities, but a different procedure...
... And Hilary, please believe me when I say that I'm not trying to spam the message board. Yes, it is a website that sells these dice, but it's not my website, and unfortunately, it was the only real good picture I could find of them on the web.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
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London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
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+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).