Morality, Light and Truth How does a person choose which way to navigate through the content cloud of Big Data? It depends on which line the traveler most wants to travel on at that moment. While in space the three dimensions are up-down, right-left and front-back, according to Kabbalah they correspond to the lines of morality (moral-immoral), light (light-dark) and truth (true-false).3
Given that Andrew began with the tipping point concept, then went to music, we placed the convergence point or axis as gaming, with the other two lines intersecting it. As truth is always the outcome of the prior two–morality and light–then according to this correspondence, if a game was chosen as the next project, then it was also perceived as the project that would promote the most truth in the world. These three lines also inter-include within one other; which means that are nine primary formations, with an infinite numbers of spatial coordinates in between to choose from.
Bayesian Convergence From the above, we can begin to appreciate why Nate’s takes on the Baye’s Theorem is so marketable. By using it to determine the probability of future events, in a method Nate calls “Bayesian Convergence,” Nate is alluding to the hidden potential behind the theorem that has laid dormant for over 250 years. The concept behind the theorem is best expressed as a method to navigate through the three-dimensional cloud of future possibilities and probabilities. Specifically how groupings of concepts converge with one another, and how travelers decide which line to travel on and in which direction.
As the sum of the probabilities of all possible outcomes is always one, we would like to end with the blessing that all our journeys lead us to come closer to the One, God.
If you are interested in mathematics and statistics, I encourage you to explore this further. As with previous articles, the above was written as an introduction to begin rethinking the world of predictive journalism.
Inspired by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh’s recent Monday night class in Efrat. Please check back for a link to the transcript. 1. While Chabad men speak to women when doing outreach, instead of physically sitting next to the woman, he would lean over from another seat or talk while standing.
2. My friend Rabbi Asher Crispe has written both about the tipping property of music and the ability to change reality by first gamifying it. The music article is called: RockandRollRedemption. Gaming: AWorldTakenbyGames: JaneMcGonigalatTED and: Upgradingthe (Video) GameofLife
3. This was explained by Rabbi Ginsburgh in a class in Crown Heights a handful of years ago. If someone is interested, I could try and locate the master for you.
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