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Well obviously dice are sinful, because they're made from platonic solids and that Plato guy was a pagan. Maybe those cylindrical ones are ok, though. This br
by labster 9y ago
Well obviously dice are sinful, because they're made from platonic solids and that Plato guy was a pagan. Maybe those cylindrical ones are ok, though.
This brought to mind the fact that in Japan, cards were considered to be the more pernicious influence on gambling, which eventually led to a card deck that was pessimized for gambling[0]. Of course, people can gamble on anything they can play, so it didn't exactly work.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda
- walshemj 9y agoApparently puritains and others of that ilk regarded dice as instruments of the devil
- tachyoff 9y agoWhich is interesting because in the Old Testament, "casting lots" was considered an appropriate way to divine God's will [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleromancy#In_Judeo-Christian_tradition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleromancy#In_Judeo-Christian_...
- seren 9y agoThis fits with the recent serie of articles about ancient dice probabilities. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dice-evolution-fate-fairness-archaeology https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dice-evolution-fate-fa... In summary, even if the old dice were not fair, it was not an issue because they were a manifestation of the divine.