V--2nd how about that ending, eh?

[Richard Fiero]

bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
>I was thinking (conjecturing) more along the
>lines of a composite situation, where each
>node along the way has a real and imaginary
>value, i.e., is a composite of the two, with the
>usual literary tendency of conflating the real and
>the imaginary, in order to transcend the map/
>mapped dilemma.

Not sure about the "imaginary" part. "Complex," maybe. That's just a 
two dimensional mapping with entirely useful polar or rectangular 
coordinates. The square root of -1 might seem a little trippy alright 
but it is an entirely useful coordinate system.

>If we consider, just for the sake of discussion, the
>loose fit between Hilbert's 22+1 "unsolved"
>hypotheses, and the 22 major arcana, # 8 in
>Hilbert's schema- The Reimann Hypothesis
>problem- matches up with either Strength or
>Justice (some confusion between the two, natch,
>depending on the deck) of the tarot- and this
>may be the only connection between the two
>cultural artifacts- who's to say?

Hilbert's program was one of determinancy--to be certain of 
mathematical theorems by cranking them through a machine. One could 
draw some parallels between some notions of postmodernism and 
indeterminancy in other realms. With respect to P, it's hard to take 
three or five calculus semesters and not begin to see things in delta-t's.

>If we further take the liberty (including the naval
>connotation) of considering the points of contact
>of the Inconvenience with the "real" earth, i.e., the
>x axis, or zeroing in terms of the Zeta function- the
>two journeys through the earth considered as
>"trivial"- then we are left with a series of
>meditations on the meaning of randomness in
>a seemingly ordered world.
>
>This may sound like the type of gematria that
>only Professor Corey might be able to com-
>prehend, and it may even be beyond his ken,
>but I think, along with the question of where
>(and when) the L.E.D. decides to lift his leg,
>it's worth considering, rather than just scratching
>our heads and accepting the latest lavatorial
>assault from above, as a given dilemma of our
>distinctly uncommon fate.