Now that i have completely realized my incompetence when it comes to all things related to math and science, or more generally, all things period, i will post a quote by chuck klosterman about probability. courtney just sent this to me. i hate probability and i do not understand anything. my life is slowly unraveling in front of my eyes. in 2 days i will be 20. valentines day will be here. i will be alone. these are the facts.

"Life is chock-full of lies, but the biggest lie is math. Thats particulary clear in the discipline of probability, a field of study thats completely and wholly fake. When push comes to shove--when you truly get down to the core essence of existence--THERE IS ONLY ONE MATHEMATICAL POSSIBILITY: EVERYTHING IS 50-50. EITHER SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN OR SOMETHING WILL NOT. When you flip a coin, what are the odds of it coming up heads? 50-50. Either it will be heads or it will not. When you roll a six sided die, what are the odds that youll roll a three? 50-50. you'll either get a three or you wont. Thats reality. Dont fall into the childish "its one in six" logic crap. That is precisely what all your adolescent authority figures want you to believe. Thats how they enslave you. Thats how they stole your conviction, and thats why you will never be happy. Either you wil roll a three, or you will not; there are no other alternatives. The future has no memory. Certain things can be impossible and certain things can be guaranteed--but there is no sliding scale for maybe. Maybe something happen or maybe it wont. Thats all there is. What are the chances that your sister will die from ovarian cancer next summer? 50-50 (either shell die from ovarian cancer or she wont). What are the chances that your sister will become America's most respected underwater welding specialist? 50-50. It will happen or it wont.There are two possibilities and both are plausible and unknown. The odds are 2:1. These facts are irrefutable. Quasi-intellectuals like to claim that math is spiritual. They are lying. Math is not religion. Math is the anti-religion, because it splinters the gravity of life's only imperative equation: Either something is true, or is isn't. Do or do not; there is no try."