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I never thought I would be relieved to stop doing maths. but here I am, finally done with calculus for the day
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As a physics major... Confirmed.
You're majoring in physics? Or astrophysics?
Professor pulled the ol' bait-and-switch.
Is that particularly good?
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How the fuck do YOU think I feel about it?
I honestly have no idea. And it's an anonymous poll, so I don't know what you voted.
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I'd be willing to say that that is an outlier, because 3, 4, and 12 are such small numbers that it's easy to see regardless.
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You're welcome.
Thanks. now if only the question had actually instigated discussion anywhere I put it
strawpoll.me/11645810
A question I've recently become interested in. It's not meant to cause debate, since it's a general question and doesn't specify anything. pls answer
A question I've recently become interested in. It's not meant to cause debate, since it's a general question and doesn't specify anything. pls answer
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I'm talking about several similar phenomena. The reason this one feels weird is because they next instance of it occurring with numbers is... what? A few hundred? A few thousand? What's the next instance of it after this one? It's definitely high enough that it's not a commonly occurring thing like 7 x 8 can be.
AHA
WAIT
3 * 4 = 12
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I'm talking about several similar phenomena. The reason this one feels weird is because they next instance of it occurring with numbers is... what? A few hundred? A few thousand? What's the next instance of it after this one? It's definitely high enough that it's not a commonly occurring thing like 7 x 8 can be.
Maybe. I'm still not sure about the explanation.
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Maybe, but how many similar instances are there? Especially common ones.
I mean, many instances of the same phenomenon (7*8 being weird) doesn't imply a specific explanation. It just implies that the actual explanation probably explains them all. One ad hoc explanation will explain them all just as well as another ad hoc explanation.
EDIT: Unless you're talking about several similar phenomena.
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