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I must say that I am somewhat surprised that every one of you that took the poll, "Does Yesterday Matter" voted unanimously that it does. But I still wonder whether everyone actually thinks it does all the time, or did some of you that thought otherwise simply not vote?
Examine the odds of hitting the lottery. Let's say the odds are set mathematically at 1 in 5 million to win. So, on Tuesday some lucky one hits the jackpot. The odds of it happening again don't change, so it is just as likely that someone could hit it on Wednesday. So, in this instance "Yesterday" didn't matter.
Does it matter who won the Superbowl 13 years ago if the same two teams are matched up this year? I think not.
Now, as someone intelligently commented on the prior post, that Yesterday can matter if we learn from it and use what we learned to guide us in our choices of Today. So true!
The fact that two nukes killed tens of thousands of civilians has prevented any future use of that weapon. And what Hitler did is his day, directed America's actions against Saddam Hussein. And like the other commenter said, America's choice of the Long Legged MacDaddy two years ago will dictate future elections.
Well, thanks for participating. I hope it inspired your thought process.
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actually, the odds of the SAME PERSON hitting the lottery AGAIN do change; they diminish by half. the odds would be 1/5,000,000 for the first time, which equals a .00002% chance. For the SAME person to hit a second time the odds would be 1/5,000,000 multiplied by 1/5,000,000, which equals .00000004%
ReplyDeletedoes it mean anything if they have more brain cells left over from yesterday?
ReplyDeleteAnony - The post said nothing about the odds of the same person hitting it again. Like the post said, the odds remain the same for someone to hit it again on the following day. However, what does matter is that it doesn't matter if you thought you were the most intelligent person yesterday, because you don't learn from the past.
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