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S.C. deputy filmed slamming teen girl out of desk, dragging her away

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by dixiehack, Oct 27, 2015.

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  1. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    If you can get your wife and brother to help with projects around the house, you have powers beyond mere math.
     
    Ace, Oct 30, 2015
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  2. YorksArcades

    YorksArcades Active Member

    Same way with many things. I knew someone who sucked at biology, but he retained just enough that he was able to correct an error in his medical records a few years ago.
     
    YorksArcades, Oct 30, 2015
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  3. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    I'm not talking about simple math. I'm talking about the letter/number soup like I posted above. Or, shit like sines and cosines. Worthless to me.

    A) I type my destination into Google maps. Whatever the trip duration says, I try to get there at least 10 minutes quicker, like there's an imaginary prize at the end. I don't need to parse it any more than that.

    2) Just make your wife do everything herself. Then the "how long" doesn't affect you at all. :)
     
    MisterCreosote, Oct 30, 2015
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  4. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    SJ.com math problem:

    Take your credit score, multiply it by the average Asian-American's ACT score. Divide that by the numer of Star Wars movies that have been filmed. Will that cover an oil change at smallpotatoes' mechanic?
     
    Ace, Oct 30, 2015
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  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    It's nuts that they are useless to evaluate baseball players, though.
     
    Dick Whitman, Oct 30, 2015
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The thing about my comfort with probabilities, statistics, numbers in general. ... is that I understand the simple truth that it is not possible to quantify subjective things (opinions) objectively (as facts).

    Make the mistake of trying to explain that to the wrong person (i.e. -- the obsessive person on a message board who can't accept an opinion that differs from his) and that person will stalk you around the message board for eternity passive aggressively mischaracterizing your attempt at even having the discussion.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 30, 2015
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  7. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Your post is a 6.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Oct 30, 2015
    #463
  8. TyWebb

    TyWebb Well-Known Member

    I followed this tangent long enough to completely forget what thread I was actually reading. That's never happened before.
     
    TyWebb, Oct 30, 2015
    #464
  9. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    You're welcome. :)
     
    MisterCreosote, Oct 30, 2015
    #465
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  10. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Ever hear of a de Finetti game?
     
    doctorquant, Oct 30, 2015
    #466
  11. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I'm still not sure if I ever broke the Law of Modus Tollens. I think I fought it, though, and Modus won.
     
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    Baron Scicluna, Oct 30, 2015
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  12. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    It doesn't pertain to what I am talking about. It doesn't tell you whether something is right or wrong (i.e. -- objectively establish something is true or untrue). It would be an exercise to pin someone down about their own confidence in something -- i.e. "how strongly do you believe it?"

    If I say that I am 90 percent certain that I fed my goldfish this morning, you could set up a game to test whether I really am 90 percent certain or whether my certainty is really less than that. Whatever you find out, it doesn't tell you anything about whether I actually fed the fish -- just how strongly I believe I did.

    In the case of something subjective -- for example, if I think that shirt A is nicer-looking than shirt B -- there is no way to establish objectively whether I am "right" or "wrong." It's an opinion. Opinions are subjective. You might be able to use that kind of game to establish to what degree I think it is nicer. But you are not going to establish an objective truth about which shirt is nicer.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 30, 2015
    #468
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