12-13-2005, 11:23 PM | #1 |
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the most unlikely creature immaginable
At the very beginning of the movie Galadriel's voice narrates that the ring came into the hands of the most unlikely creature immaginable. We all know what she meant: one would think that the most likely creature is a person who is either powerful or greedy or both.
Yet what is the likelihood that the ring would come in a hobbit's hand? If we believe that the process in which the ring changed hands is random then we could estimate the probability by the proportion of creatures of each race. If we believe that there is a causal process (Iluvatar's design) behind the ring passage then the subjective probability depends on our assessment of Iluvatar's plan. Either way the hobbit can hardly be counted as the most unlikely creature immaginable Was this thread too geeky? |
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