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17.09.2009, 15:40
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| Quote: | |  | | | On the other hand, if math is considered a tool of science, then it is a part of science. But most of math is not like this.
Now I am pedantically arguing with myself.
I need a mirror. | | | | | I'm just going to sit back and see who wins -- Good HashBrown, or Evil HashBrown.
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17.09.2009, 15:59
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| Quote: | | | | | I dont like statisticians  | | | | | That depends. One in three statisticians are said to be kind and one in five are good looking. So what are the chances of dating a statistician who is good looking and kind, I ask ya?  | | This user would like to thank argus for this useful post: | |
17.09.2009, 16:00
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Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics  |
17.09.2009, 16:06
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| Quote: | | | | | That depends. One in three statisticians are said to be kind and one in five are good looking. So what are the chances of dating a statistician who is good looking and kind, I ask ya? | | | | | You're asking a probability question, not a statistics question.
Going back to where we started, probability is to statistics as mathematics is to science.
I love it when we go full circle on this pedantic forum.
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17.09.2009, 16:08
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| | | Re: Pedantry, to be exact.
| Quote: | | | | | You're asking a probability question, not a statistics question.
Going back to where we started, probability is to statistics and mathematics is to science.
I love it when we go full circle on this pedantic forum. | | | | | Probability is a tool of statistics, and mathematics is a subset of science.
I wish I could draw a Venn diagram in these response boxes ...
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17.09.2009, 16:10
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| | | Re: Pedantry, to be exact.
| Quote: | | | | | Probability is a tool of statistics, and mathematics is a subset of science.
I wish I could draw a Venn diagram in these response boxes ... | | | | | Intersect, not a subset of.
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17.09.2009, 16:13
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| Quote: | | | | | Intersect, not a subset of. | | | | | 
We're back to the "is mathematics a science" point again ... full circle?
(Pedantically, I have to point out that it would be an "intersection", not an "intersect", if you were correct.)
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17.09.2009, 16:17
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17.09.2009, 16:33
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17.09.2009, 16:34
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| Quote: | | | | | Its like, Americans spend over a million dollars to invent a Pen that would work at 0 gravity for its Astronauts. Russians used a Pencil. | | | | | Although a good story, it's generally considered to be an urban myth these days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_P...space_programs
Yeah I know, Wikipedia, but for this kind of stuff it tends to be OK
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17.09.2009, 16:50
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| Quote: | | | | | (Pedantically, I have to point out that it would be an "intersection", not an "intersect", if you were correct.) | | | | | Yeah, I knew it as I typed it. A bit of a troll. But you did respond. |
17.09.2009, 16:51
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A myth! Oh no!. I am returning my Communist Party membership. |
18.09.2009, 13:18
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i had to laugh at a few of these esp no.9 about the smart cars since they are everywhere here.
(and i own up to reading the book, and seeing the movie, but only cos it was free on the plane.... ) Dan-Browns-20-worst-sentences.html | | The following 2 users would like to thank swissotter for this useful post: | |
18.09.2009, 13:38
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| Quote: | | | | | ...
Like some kind of reservation.
... | | | | | "Like a reservation." or possibly "Some kind of reservation."
Or don't you know what you were trying to say? | Quote: | | | | |
We're back to the "is mathematics a science" point again ... full circle?
(Pedantically, I have to point out that it would be an "intersection", not an "intersect", if you were correct.) | | | | | Pedantically, I choose to point out that you didn't HAVE to, you chose to.
And even with the correction, "...mathematics is an intersection of science."
still doesn't make sense.
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18.09.2009, 14:03
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| Quote: | | | | | "Like a reservation." or possibly "Some kind of reservation."
Or don't you know what you were trying to say?
Pedantically, I choose to point out that you didn't HAVE to, you chose to.
And even with the correction, "...mathematics is an intersection of science."
still doesn't make sense.
. | | | | | Correct, in its original context (referring to Venn diagrams) the statement should have read "mathematics intersects with science". But my argument says that that is invalid, in any case.
Bored now, going off to find some other entertainment.
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18.09.2009, 14:21
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| Quote: | |  | | | And even with the correction, "...mathematics is an intersection of science."
still doesn't make sense.
. | | | | | That's not the correct correction.
But we need a new thread.
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18.09.2009, 17:05
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| Quote: | | | | | That depends. One in three statisticians are said to be kind and one in five are good looking. So what are the chances of dating a statistician who is good looking and kind, I ask ya? | | | | | Once you define the source population and the sample size,
we'll let you know...
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