poisson distribution

[Terrance]

David Morris wrote:
> 
> As with so much of GR, Pynchon has constructed a paradox here.  If Slothrop is
> somehow causing the rockets to strike in particular locations, then his actions
> are somehow perfectly in tune with a random distribution found in nature.  A
> more likely possibility is that he's precognitic (not a real word), which may
> (or not) have something to do with the penis he thought was his own.  His
> affairs also may not have ever happened except in his fanciful imagination.

Or on film. And, wait, Slothrop's map is color-coded and they took
photos of it with black and white film. I'll get you my little pretty
and your little Penis too. But that's a talkie. Silent film.
Impressionistic German silent film. Reverse it. What did Katje see on
that film with the midget sheriff? 

If Pointsman has discovered a direct correlation between the German V-2
rocket strike (an impact that precedes its sound, so not a talkie film
yet) and Slothrop's map of stars (Hollywoooooood....)  why would
Pointsman risk killing Slothrop or castrating him? To save himself? To
save the world? To win a nobel prize?