Title :
The Torah code controversy
Author :
Haralick, Robert M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
We briefly explain what a Torah code is and give an example of one. We show how to calculate the probability of its occurrence in a suitably defined population of texts. We explain how it is possible to misadvertise the computed probabilities, making it seem that the probability of a Torah code is very small. We briefly discuss the controversy and suggest that new more carefully controlled experiments are needed to resolve the controversy. We detail the protocol for a new experiment by a website reference
Keywords :
Poisson distribution; pattern recognition; probability; statistical analysis; Hebrew texts; Torah code; equi-distance letter skip intervals; Probability; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 1998. Proceedings. Fourteenth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8512-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.1998.712073
