Saturday, 24 March 2007

Ish ish kinda, eventually, probably, soonish? - Totally Grey

Is life in black and white, or does it come in sheds of grey? Will you do it, or will you probably do it? If you gonna do it, are you gonna do it at a certain time t or are you gonna do it eventually or probably soonish. Or maybe you just not sure, so it’s an ish ish kinda thing huh.

If you asked me, life comes in both black and white and in sheds of grey. There are certain things in life for which there is no clear answer, no clear position to take. For such kinda stuff, I guess its ok to approximate, to work on a balance of probability. You see the difference between uncertainty and risk is the difference between jumping off a 30 floor building, and bunji jumping! In one, there is a strong string tied to your back so the only risk is whether the string will work or not, which is a measurable, predictable and controllable risk. But its fun, it keeps you on the edge, raves up your juices. I mean who wants to know everything that’s gonna happen tomorrow. That’s pretty boring

For certain things in life, though, you have to be certain, you have to be exact and clear about your position. To be or not to be, that is the question.

So life comes as a rich and colorful mix of black and white and grey. A function with a variable and a constant, with the variable having more weight. The result? Rather than a life modeled around deterministic principles, we end up with a stochastic variable, the lays call it fate – ish ish kinda, will love you eventually, probably soonish!

Keyword-STOCHASTIC

Partially random or uncertain, not continuous; a stochastic variable is neither completely determined nor completely random; in other words, it contains an element of probability. A system containing one or more stochastic variables is probabilistically determined.

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