In tarot reading the cards were opened as follows:?

Question

Fool (meaning: infinite possibilities)
Lovers (meaning: infinite possibilities)
Hermit (meaning: limited possibilities)

What is probabilty P that infinite possibilities are ahead of us, and margin of error E of this prediction?

Answer 1

How the hell is this physics?

Answer 2

The answer is fundamentally how you define the problem. Let's assume that x = Fool, y=Lover, z=Hermit. You may have infinite possibilities as a Fool or a Lover, but limited as a Hermit. (Both x and y can go from +/- infinite, but z is bound). This would mean that you have infinite possibilities and no margin of error.

If you simply look at the cards and assume your answer is either a (infinite) or b (finite), your probability is 2/3rds with a margin of error of -2/3rd and +1/3rd.

Then again, if you assume that the cards have no correlation with reality, you're going to have to determine your odds in another manner.

Answer 3

Are P(Fools), P(Lovers) and P(Hermit) independent variables?

If yes, the potential of a hermit fool to become the lover of Jessica Simpson is infinite.

If, on the other hand, there is perfect anti-correlation, two infinities cancel each other out and then you are either a fool (very likely), a hermit (very likely) or a lover, but not of Jessica Simpson but of an average 4 or 5.

:-)