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On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "complete BS" and 10 being "divine wisdom", how would you rate the following statement?

Asked by ragingloli (51973points) February 9th, 2019
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“Probability is a spatial dimension. It is the lateral axis of time.”
Courtesy of the Terran Fortune Tribble.

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rebbel's avatar

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rebbel (35550points)“Great Answer” (5points)
stanleybmanly's avatar

5. Every word of it other than “is, a, of (or) the” can be quiibbled over to distraction.

stanleybmanly (24153points)“Great Answer” (1points)
flutherother's avatar

Probability isn’t a dimension and if it were how could it be a spatial dimension in the first sentence and a time dimension in the second? Unless you consider spatial dimensions to be the lateral axis of time in which case Tribble is just repeating the nonsense of the first sentence.

Statement is reading 1 on the spatial axis of the bullshitometer.

flutherother (34547points)“Great Answer” (4points)
Tropical_Willie's avatar

ZED

Tropical_Willie (31131points)“Great Answer” (2points)
Zaku's avatar

7

It’s metaphorical rather than literal, but it makes sense in a certain context.

Zaku (30370points)“Great Answer” (1points)
LostInParadise's avatar

It appears to be rated at 1, unless there is some explanation for how probability can be treated as a dimension.

LostInParadise (31920points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Jeruba's avatar

My opinion is at the 1 end, although I don’t hold claim to any special knowledge on the subject.

Jeruba (55836points)“Great Answer” (1points)
dabbler's avatar

Zero. Probability of what? It’s a concept that can be applied to lots of characteristics and events. The probability of <what event> could be mapped alongside other relevant <what measurements> on a representation axis – but that is not the same as probability being a dimension.

dabbler (18896points)“Great Answer” (1points)
elbanditoroso's avatar

1.

It is babbling.

elbanditoroso (33170points)“Great Answer” (2points)
2davidc8's avatar

WTF??? 1.

2davidc8 (10189points)“Great Answer” (2points)
Caravanfan's avatar

It’s from a Terran Fortune Cookie!
1, of course.

Caravanfan (13532points)“Great Answer” (1points)
RedDeerGuy1's avatar

5 . You might be interested in this 11 minute YouTube video on 10 dimensions.

RedDeerGuy1 (24487points)“Great Answer” (0points)
kritiper's avatar

5.
It kind of fits in with my thoughts that there are other dimensions besides the basic three.
1. height
2. width
3. depth
4. mass
5. time
6. perception
7. velocity
8. direction

kritiper (25757points)“Great Answer” (1points)
LuckyGuy's avatar

This sounds like something from the Depak Chopra Quote Generator

LuckyGuy (43693points)“Great Answer” (5points)
Jeruba's avatar

Extra conceptual points awarded for that, @LuckyGuy. It may be that my life’s quest is now complete.

Jeruba (55836points)“Great Answer” (3points)
kritiper's avatar

@flutherother So I guess you’re calling BS…

kritiper (25757points)“Great Answer” (1points)
LuckyGuy's avatar

@Jeruba Thank you. You can go there for guidance any time.
Remember,
“Knowledge is inside positive positivity.”
“But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you.”
“You can become a spiritual being having a human experience thoroughly and fully.”

One of these is made up.

LuckyGuy (43693points)“Great Answer” (1points)
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