Yet another example of failed superstition. The British got a lot more for their money when they hired mathematicians and puzzle-solvers to break the Enigma code.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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2 comments:
"Billing himself as “The Modern Nostradamus,” de Wohl proclaimed the stars showed the opposite – that Hitler would lose."
See, he was right! And yet you mock him.
Of course, I predicted that the US would defeat Saddam Hussein, but my prediction didn't save any lives.
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