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07-08-2003, 05:10 PM

Has anybody had some point in there life where a specific number just kept popping up to the point where you thought it was of some significance? I realize psychology would have a lot to do with this (your mind tends to overemphasize) but I have been having it a lot recently, and it's weird. Anybody else have that experience?

Thanks,

Kevin

Mageth · 07-08-2003, 05:26 PM

Well, there are the "666" birthmarks all over my body....

abe smith · 07-09-2003, 07:43 AM

There's a very old folk-axiom, that stuff comes in THREES. And if you keep track (of your daily experience of unusual words, or wacko ideas, or weird events, ) you will find corroboration of this. Indeed I cite my instancing of Isaac Azimov at this forum, a moment ago.... Here is the 2nd of him.
Other things being equal, OPoster here, I wdn't get carried-away by "numerology", if I were you. That business of Azimov's essentially-asserts that random eventuations/series are a LAWT more likely than you think; and attributing their eventuation to some sort of Cosmic Plan is probably neither necessary nor healthy. ( = Nobody is RUNNING you; because you're really not that important, okay? This is the healthy response to er, religious nuts's seeing "god's" intervention in the events of their own daily lives. A megalomaniac notion. Really makes ya feel IMPORTANT, ya know.)

paul30 · 07-09-2003, 11:34 AM

Numerology is an old craft, and certain numbers are supposedly endowed with certain properties.

I have notice numerical recurrence in my life.

I tend to think the ideas in numerology derive IN GENERAL from the pre-mathematical perception that numbers are completely abstract and describe no actual things. I may say, "there are three cats in the room." But to do this I must equate all the cats somehow, as being similar enough to count interchangeably.

In fact no two cats are alike, and no two anythings are alike.

Numbers are a way of misperceiving reality.

Arken · 07-09-2003, 01:40 PM

There are so many places in the world where we see numbers, especially smaller ones, that virtually any number under two digits will keep popping up over and over again no matter where you look. You find it amazing because you only notice the times that number comes up, not the times that it doesn't.

sakrilege · 07-10-2003, 04:04 AM

I was born on the 54th day of 1954. Other than that I have not noticed any numbers that seem to have special significance. Indeed, 54 has not turned up in other contexts. Though I did have a 54th post here but I wasn't paying attention.

Shake · 07-10-2003, 08:43 AM

I was born in 1969, and my SSN starts with 069, and I enjoy doing 69!

So what does that mean?

Bumble Bee Tuna · 07-10-2003, 08:28 PM

uhhh I work as a gas station clerk and I swear people seem to always get their pump number in gas- "I have $6 on pump 6". I think it's just one of those count the hits ignore the misses things, though.

Also, I've noticed that black people tend to prepay much more often than others, and I don't know why or if my observation is even true or not. But that's off-topic.

-B

Gregg · 07-10-2003, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Shake
I was born in 1969, and my SSN starts with 069, and I enjoy doing 69!

So what does that mean?

It means you're three years younger than me, and, apparently, getting some. I hate you.

Gregg

abe smith · 07-11-2003, 07:28 AM

Looks as if you're another Ockhamist/Nominalist here at EyeEye. Welcome among the sub-group. Viz you said "No two anythings are alike." Awe-raaahhhhht! (Of course I am obliged alwiz to reiterate that it's oxymoronic to label ourselves "Ockhamists" or "Nominalists", because being-those we don't accept any reality to (Platonist) Categories.
Cheers, Dude. Abe

07-08-2003, 05:10 PM	#1
TheDiddleyMan Guest Posts: n/a	Numerology in your life.... Has anybody had some point in there life where a specific number just kept popping up to the point where you thought it was of some significance? I realize psychology would have a lot to do with this (your mind tends to overemphasize) but I have been having it a lot recently, and it's weird. Anybody else have that experience? Thanks, Kevin

07-09-2003, 07:43 AM	#3
abe smith Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: springfield, MA. USA Posts: 2,482	"numerology" There's a very old folk-axiom, that stuff comes in THREES. And if you keep track (of your daily experience of unusual words, or wacko ideas, or weird events, ) you will find corroboration of this. Indeed I cite my instancing of Isaac Azimov at this forum, a moment ago.... Here is the 2nd of him. Other things being equal, OPoster here, I wdn't get carried-away by "numerology", if I were you. That business of Azimov's essentially-asserts that random eventuations/series are a LAWT more likely than you think; and attributing their eventuation to some sort of Cosmic Plan is probably neither necessary nor healthy. ( = Nobody is RUNNING you; because you're really not that important, okay? This is the healthy response to er, religious nuts's seeing "god's" intervention in the events of their own daily lives. A megalomaniac notion. Really makes ya feel IMPORTANT, ya know.)

07-11-2003, 07:28 AM	#10
abe smith Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: springfield, MA. USA Posts: 2,482	Hey Hey Paul30 Looks as if you're another Ockhamist/Nominalist here at EyeEye. Welcome among the sub-group. Viz you said "No two anythings are alike." Awe-raaahhhhht! (Of course I am obliged alwiz to reiterate that it's oxymoronic to label ourselves "Ockhamists" or "Nominalists", because being-those we don't accept any reality to (Platonist) Categories. Cheers, Dude. Abe

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07-08-2003, 05:26 PM	#2
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	Well, there are the "666" birthmarks all over my body....

07-09-2003, 11:34 AM	#4
paul30 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA USA Posts: 870	Numerology is an old craft, and certain numbers are supposedly endowed with certain properties. I have notice numerical recurrence in my life. I tend to think the ideas in numerology derive IN GENERAL from the pre-mathematical perception that numbers are completely abstract and describe no actual things. I may say, "there are three cats in the room." But to do this I must equate all the cats somehow, as being similar enough to count interchangeably. In fact no two cats are alike, and no two anythings are alike. Numbers are a way of misperceiving reality.

07-09-2003, 01:40 PM	#5
Arken Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 6,303	There are so many places in the world where we see numbers, especially smaller ones, that virtually any number under two digits will keep popping up over and over again no matter where you look. You find it amazing because you only notice the times that number comes up, not the times that it doesn't.

07-10-2003, 04:04 AM	#6
sakrilege Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cleveland, OH, USA Folding@Home Godless Team Posts: 6,211	I was born on the 54th day of 1954. Other than that I have not noticed any numbers that seem to have special significance. Indeed, 54 has not turned up in other contexts. Though I did have a 54th post here but I wasn't paying attention.

07-10-2003, 08:43 AM	#7
Shake Contributor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Folding@Home in upstate NY Posts: 14,394	I was born in 1969, and my SSN starts with 069, and I enjoy doing 69! So what does that mean?

07-10-2003, 08:28 PM	#8
Bumble Bee Tuna Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Middletown, CT Posts: 7,333	uhhh I work as a gas station clerk and I swear people seem to always get their pump number in gas- "I have $6 on pump 6". I think it's just one of those count the hits ignore the misses things, though. Also, I've noticed that black people tend to prepay much more often than others, and I don't know why or if my observation is even true or not. But that's off-topic. -B

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