Revelation Ch13:18: A case for the early study of telekinesis

This is my take on what appears to be an odd inclusion in the bible. You'ld need to ask the Catholic Church about its history:

Revelation Ch13:18 was made famous by the Omen, a movie about the Devil's growth and domination on Earth and the subsequent return of Jesus. Somehow this whole meme has grown to such a proportion that even children are speaking these words.

The book of Revelation seems to me to be some kind of recording of a message to the princes (aristocracy or Bigs as they say today) of whatever institutions that were around at that time. It then goes on about some kind of creature that returns etc etc - still more coded messaging perhaps.

The interesting part of this part of the book is this (interesting to me as I have a deep interest in the science of telekinesis).
"Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666" .

I find the underlined parts the relevant parts to this passage. The other parts ie the parts about the beast and man may just be a subterfuge or even a mystical thing, or perhaps a state of mind of that time. The wisdom and calculate bit seems seems to indicate a direction as in meaning for technical/science/knowledgeable persons. Here is wisdom reads to me like a flag ie read this. The number 666 appears to me to be the statistical probability of throwing three die and getting the number 6 on each die (1/216).

Why? Well 6 is an interesting number because it represents the top-most number of a standard cubic (6 faced) die. It usually acts as the winning number in most games. I believe dice have been a standard wealth in the human species for quite a number of years (in the thousands). It would have been fairly common place at the time. Furthermore, telepathy/magic would have been the high science of the day (as it is now but probably placed at a greater level). It is probable that some oddity turned up over the eons and was studied by the knowledgeable (see this blog entry). It is also likely that the history of statistics goes considerably further back than that written in the Wiki.