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This is called an "argument from consequence" and it's one o'the big ol' logical fallacies that nobody pretending to be a "U" (see how "University" is implied but never stated) should be making the cornerstone of their case for anything.
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MrUnderbridge posted:So the guy in the middle will outlast Hitler, because he was in the middle of the whole good/evil spectrum? Prager might actually be a worse person than Hitler so I'm assuming this is a bell curve kinda thing
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Mar 7, 2019 05:21
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What's wrong with this one?
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Mar 7, 2019 19:25
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It's true but intentionally useless
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Aleph Null posted:What's wrong with this one? That's a normal distribution, the height is a measure of of the likelihood of finding data at that value. The area between two vertical lines is the probability that a random sample will be within that range, The area between two vertical lines is essentially meaningless. It's like cutting a square out of pie chart then making a chart of how much area of square each color on the pie chart takes up. Its accurate, but it doesn't tell you anything. Vorpal Cat has a new favorite as of 19:48 on Mar 7, 2019 |
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Aleph Null posted:What's wrong with this one? It's a jokular version of this normal distribution graph:  As this graph shows, for a proper normal distribution, 68% of the sample population falls within one standard deviation of the average, 95% within 2 standard deviations, and over 99% within 3 standard deviations. In other words, the majority of a population will be relatively close to the average. In the xkcd graph, they marked some area that's 50% of the graph but they took a horizontal slice. It's a completely meaningless division of the graph. I spent 20 seconds of my life trying to think of a way to interpret the xkcd graph but I didn't come up with anything whatsoever, so I think it's impossible.
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Mar 7, 2019 19:47
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I don't know who this Prager guy is, but he needs to keep his U away from me.
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Chitin posted:This is called an "argument from consequence" and it's one o'the big ol' logical fallacies that nobody pretending to be a "U" (see how "University" is implied but never stated) should be making the cornerstone of their case for anything. It's a common argument super religious folks, evangelicals especially, tend to use to get you to believe. It's also a common argument against nihilism. If this is all there is and the only thing we have is a tiny amount of time as a speck of dust in an empty, uncaring universe then that would be terrible so obviously it must be false. Existential dread is of course A Thing and it's a way of dealing with that. It's related to the argument that you don't really lose anything by believing and if you're wrong then it's eternal damnation so just like believe just in case, you know? Except that you can use that to justify literally every religion. The idea that cosmic justice doesn't exist and the world isn't fair at all just doesn't read well.
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:I don't know who this Prager guy is, but he needs to keep his U away from me. He's publicly endorsed marital rape, if that helps at all.
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That's kinda almost not terrible because they already picked out the top 25 so the reader doesn't need to compare the graphs to each other. Imagine if there were a hundred, unsorted. Still, it's clearly not the best visualization...
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Mar 7, 2019 22:30
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Hmm, yes, this well-known thing we can all 100% agree on, "pleasant weather" I can't even agree on the temperature setting in my home with my family
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Mar 7, 2019 22:48
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tag yourself: I'm "hot & elements"
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Mar 7, 2019 22:50
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ElGroucho posted:Hmm, yes, this well-known thing we can all 100% agree on, "pleasant weather" 20c / 68f If you're cold put a sweater on
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Mar 7, 2019 23:11
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Moist von Lipwig posted:He's publicly endorsed marital rape, if that helps at all. it doesnt
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Mar 7, 2019 23:28
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ElGroucho posted:Hmm, yes, this well-known thing we can all 100% agree on, "pleasant weather" There's always the simple metric of "fewest sunny days," which my proud city wins handily every year. [crying yinzer emoticon]
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I like to think "elements" just means it rains loving boron or iodine or some poo poo. Walk out the door in the morning, it's 500° and there's a soft yttrium shower
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Phy posted:I like to think "elements" just means it rains loving boron or iodine or some poo poo. Walk out the door in the morning, it's 500° and there's a soft yttrium shower Look out for the days when it rains caesium.
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Moist von Lipwig posted:He's publicly endorsed marital rape, if that helps at all. No wonder he opposes gay marriage.
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Mar 8, 2019 00:30
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I'm well-known metropolitan area sville/Jefferson County, K
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Mar 8, 2019 05:11
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no ring
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Platystemon posted:no ring i count 25 
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Krankenstyle posted:i count 25 Yeah that’s the problem, there should only be two!
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Mar 8, 2019 07:31
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Proud to have my homeland, my college region and my current city all represented here. I am powerfully midwestern.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Proud to have my homeland, my college region and my current city all represented here. I am powerfully midwestern. Lol at there being no Texas cities on there. I’ll take canadian winter over that poo poo any day.
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Mar 8, 2019 16:10
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Moist von Lipwig posted:20c / 68f If I had that set in Austin, my electric bill would be through the roof. 76 degrees. If you're hot, turn on the fan and take off some clothes.
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Mar 8, 2019 16:44
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Yeah I think Nelly wrote a song about that.
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ElGroucho posted:If I had that set in Austin, my electric bill would be through the roof. 76 degrees. If you're hot, turn on the fan and take off some clothes. Listen, if you want to break international standards that's your call but don't come crying to me when the Swiss are knocking down your door
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Moist von Lipwig posted:Listen, if you want to break international standards that's your call but don't come crying to me when the Swiss are knocking down your door Oh no, not the, uh, Swiss
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ElGroucho posted:Oh no, not the, uh, Swiss Dude the Swiss guard are fierce
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Krankenstyle posted:Dude the Swiss guard are fierce Luckily, I'm not the Anti-Pope
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Mar 8, 2019 23:41
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Before neutrality became their official policy they fought in every European war and on both sides, so I wouldn't underestimate them
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No Safe Word posted:tag yourself: I'm "hot & elements" I'm over 1,000,000 people. ...gently caress I need to go on a diet. I kind of feel like that chart needs a joke (well, for some cities a serious) entry where it's just one solid color that doesn't appear on the other charts. Like the whole ring would be yellow and it would just be "is that city." It just sucks there every single day no matter what the weather feels like doing.
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My great great uncle was actually killed by a halberd
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Halberds don't kill people. People do.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:My great great uncle was actually killed by a halberd The only thing that can stop a bad halberd is a good halberd.
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Dave Grool posted:Goth Hospital sounds like a CW show 
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ToxicSlurpee posted:I'm over 1,000,000 people. so...Cleveland
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The colour makes this bad enough on its own but what makes it truly special is the apparent category of things which are neither "at an intersection" or "not at an intersection". I'm just trying to work out some logical construction where that could be a thing and can't come up with anything.
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