eGad: Churchill, the bomb(s) and probability

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"unswerving punctuality of chance"---W
. Gaddis
 
Thomas Mann, of course ... full circle, really. 
And I'm pretty sure the unswerving punctuality of chance can't be stopped by the impenetrable arch of probability!


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Subject: eGad: Churchill, the bomb(s) and probability

WC believed that were his final moment on earth to arrive via a German bomb, it would be due to chance.
He quoted mathematician H. Poincare: "I take refuge beneath the impenetrable arch of probability."
 
"unswerving punctuality of chance"---W. Gaddis
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