Editing Bible code (section)

====Robert Aumann====

[[Robert Aumann]], a [[game theory|game theorist]] and winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Economics]] in 2005, has followed the Bible code research and controversy for many years. He wrote:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ratio.huji.ac.il/dp/dp_365.pdf |title=Analysis of the "Gans" Committee Report |access-date=2010-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625075656/http://ratio.huji.ac.il/dp/dp_365.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

{{blockquote|Though the basic thesis of the research seems wildly improbable, for many years I thought that an ironclad case had been made for the codes; I did not see how 'cheating' could have been possible. Then came the work of the 'opponents' (see, for example, McKay, Bar-Natan, Bar-Hillel and Kalai, Statistical Science 14 (1999), 149–173). Though this work did not convince me that the data had been manipulated, it did convince me that it could have been; that manipulation was technically possible.}}

Following an analysis of the experiment and the dynamics of the controversy, stating for example that "almost everybody included [in the controversy] made up their mind early in the game", Aumann concluded:

{{blockquote|A priori, the thesis of the Codes research seems wildly improbable{{nbsp}}... Research conducted under my own supervision failed to confirm the existence of the codes – though it also did not establish their non-existence. So I must return to my a priori estimate, that the Codes phenomenon is improbable".<ref>^ Aumann, R.H., H. Furstenberg, I. Lapides, and D. Witztum (July 2004) (PDF). Analyses of the "Gans" Committee Report (#365). Center for the Study of Rationality, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. {{cite web |url=http://ratio.huji.ac.il/dp/dp_365.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625075656/http://ratio.huji.ac.il/dp/dp_365.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}. Retrieved 2006-06-20.</ref>}}