It would seem from all the back and forth that statistics is not an absolute science. If 3 guys who seem to know a lot about the subject can’t agree, well….
rob- as patient as people on the OT have been with you and your subjects of choice, I think you owe them the right to plather (said as I smack my forehead on the desk again).
lech
Yes, the probability calculations are correct.
I’m only getting at the idea that probability calculations only give us a best guess as to the ultimate outcome.
Until we actually make a determination of that outcome,
say, rolling six ones in a row, the quantum physicists would say that the outcome exists as all possibilities at once.
For practical purposes, the math equations hold true but we also know that weird things sometimes happen in total opposition to probability.
Maybe the restaurant should use tiny cutlery to make the plates look gigantic.
It would seem from all the back and forth that statistics is not an absolute science. If 3 guys who seem to know a lot about the subject can’t agree, well….
rob- as patient as people on the OT have been with you and your subjects of choice, I think you owe them the right to plather (said as I smack my forehead on the desk again).
How do you explain the same person posting the same exact comment twice in a row?
This sight was running slowly. I think this has happened others before.
“lechacal – How do you explain 3 people in a room of less than 30 sharing the same b’day””
Serious answer: coincidence.
okay what is “small plates” i keep seeing this written everywhere in the last month. im assuming it’s some sort of restaurant rip off tactic?
*rob*
Nothing you’re going to like.
BSM…what was the reason????
lech
Yes, the probability calculations are correct.
I’m only getting at the idea that probability calculations only give us a best guess as to the ultimate outcome.
Until we actually make a determination of that outcome,
say, rolling six ones in a row, the quantum physicists would say that the outcome exists as all possibilities at once.
For practical purposes, the math equations hold true but we also know that weird things sometimes happen in total opposition to probability.
“By BedstuyMaven on February 16, 2011 2:48 PM
lechacal – How do you explain 3 people in a room of less than 30 sharing the same b’day
By BedstuyMaven on February 16, 2011 2:48 PM
lechacal – How do you explain 3 people in a room of less than 30 sharing the same b’day”
How do you explain the same person posting the same exact comment twice in a row?
okay what is “small plates” i keep seeing this written everywhere in the last month. im assuming it’s some sort of restaurant rip off tactic?
*rob*