Deryk Barker: >>>cello symphony = a (masterpiece) + b(miscalculation) .. > >I suspect Bernard intended the exclusive or operator, unless he thinks >the CS might be both masterpiece *and* miscalculation. (I've never cared >for it myself) The work in question is indeed both masterpiece and miscalculation. That is the message of quantum mechanics. So on some occasions it will be heard as a masterpiece and on others as a miscalculation. The probabilities of these outcomes are a squared and b squared respectively. Remember your school quantum mechanics!!! Bernard Chasan