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  2. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".

  3. Goldbach's conjecture - Wikipedia

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    Number of ways to write an even number n as the sum of two primes (sequence A002375 in the OEIS) A very crude version of the heuristic probabilistic argument (for the strong form of the Goldbach conjecture) is as follows. The prime number theorem asserts that an integer m selected at random has roughly a ⁠ 1 / ln m ⁠ chance of being prime.

  4. Spiritual opportunism - Wikipedia

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    Politicians around the world recognize the power of religion, and therefore they usually try to keep on the good side of religious authorities and believers. [3] They are very aware, that religion can be not just a force for social stability, but can also be the cause of enormous animosity among the peoples, if spiritual sensitivities are offended.

  5. Dixon's Q test - Wikipedia

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    Where gap is the absolute difference between the outlier in question and the closest number to it. If Q > Q table, where Q table is a reference value corresponding to the sample size and confidence level, then reject the questionable point.

  6. Glossary of spirituality terms - Wikipedia

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    Uncapitalised, the word, in English, is an obsolete term for animism and other religious practices involving the invocation of spiritual beings, including shamanism. Spiritual evolution : The philosophical / theological / esoteric idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve along a predetermined cosmological pattern or ascent ...

  7. Winsorizing - Wikipedia

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    For example, a 90% winsorization would see all data below the 5th percentile set to the 5th percentile, and all data above the 95th percentile set to the 95th percentile. Winsorized estimators are usually more robust to outliers than their more standard forms, although there are alternatives, such as trimming (see below), that will achieve a ...

  8. Spiritual practice - Wikipedia

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    The Pali word "yoga", central to many early Buddhist texts, has been often translated as "Spiritual Practice". [9] In Burmese Buddhist tradition, Awgatha is a formulaic prayer that is recited to initiate acts of Buddhist devotion , including obeisance to the Buddha and Buddhist monks . [ 10 ]

  9. Spiritual bypass - Wikipedia

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    Spiritual bypass or spiritual bypassing is a "tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks". [1] The term was introduced in the mid 1980s by John Welwood, a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist.