THE HINTS- VITAL TO SUCCESS

[Beavertooth]

My flawed argument is a mirror of your flawed argument. I guess I could give you another example, "So you are calling Fenn a liar?" with you telling me the hints aren't subtle.

lol

You're not listening. The hints aren't subtle once you are on the right track.

And most of the time, he is a "liar" in a sense. People misinterpret what he says. Because he challenges us to misinterpret what he says. It is his great skill. His word skills are like a magician who wants us to "look at this" while he tricks us where we are not looking. In the final analysis, he is not really lying, he is presenting us with "truth" that may be misleading. That may make the hints "subtle" to the casual reader. But if you know what he is up to, then the hints are less subtle, and often the opposite of what you think.

While I may never be the actual finder of the chest, I hope I am passing along some worthwhile insights to those who will listen.

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I believe the poem can and does define WWWH to a very high level of probability, so I think the Powerball comparison by mm is too extreme.

I agree that the poem defines wwwh to a very high level of probability. I don’t think that says anything about how to gauge the odds of how difficult it is to find the tc.

I believe the poem is the guide as I have always but not to the high degree one thinks it is. But like Bt says there are hints in ttotc that will confirm it like the poem can’t.

Hmmm. Not sure I said exactly that. I believe the poem confirms WWWH so strongly, that no hints from TTOTC are needed to further confirm it. However, there are many, many hints in TTOTC that do so. For the remaining clues, some hints from TTOTC may be useful, but are probably not necessary. I would say that Fenn spoke the truth when he said the chest location could be solved by using the poem, a good map and/or Google Earth, and ....., so I have no issue with the poem purists. They have just as good a chance as non-poem purists, in my view. In my own case, TTOTC has helped, so I would not discount it, but I now see a clear path that does not need TTOTC stories, or scrapbooks, etc.