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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing 12-01-2007, 09:06 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,404
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Re: Reopening Insider Information Debate.

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"His idea is that there is likely to be a lot of information of this kind that is embedded in the market price and beyond the scope of the fundamental analyst's due diligence. Therefore,...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 12-01-2007, 05:22 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 1,976
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Re: Pope blames atheism for all the worlds problems.

I thought this was interesting,

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From Article - (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3935043)
But in his second encyclical, Benedict also critically questioned modern...
Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing 12-01-2007, 03:32 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,404
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Re: Reopening Insider Information Debate.

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I'm wondering why no one seemed too concerned about the fact that people here had wildly different takes on whether or not my scenarios constitute insider trading and that no...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-30-2007, 03:07 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 849
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing 11-30-2007, 02:52 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 185
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Re: Paulson\'s Plan to Freeze Mortgage Adjustments

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Well he met with the top bankers suggesting a voluntary freeze, that is all there is to it. These days the market needs very little news whether real or imagined to soar or drop like an...
Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing 11-30-2007, 02:33 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 185
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Re: Paulson\'s Plan to Freeze Mortgage Adjustments

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Wow, this is such a complex topic! I'll make it simple with one word, VOLUNTARY.

Jimbo

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The way I hear them talking it sounds like something more than voluntary being...
Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing 11-30-2007, 01:50 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 185
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Paulson\'s Plan to Freeze Mortgage Adjustments

Can someone explain to me where the Treasury Department has the power to enforce such a plan without an act of congress? These mortgage rate adjustments are terms of legal contracts. How does the...
Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing 11-20-2007, 08:46 PM
Replies: 85
Views: 914
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Re: Improving On Buffett And Desert Cat

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I will try to rephrase things differently. If there are stocks where my theory isn't true and my technique is unnecessary, then it is also unnecesary to have...
Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing 11-20-2007, 04:39 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 914
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Re: Improving On Buffett And Desert Cat

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I will try to rephrase things differently. If there are stocks where my theory isn't true and my technique is unnecessary, then it is also unnecesary to have anywhere near the 50% cushion...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-19-2007, 12:49 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 267
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Re: Even Cooler Problem Involving e

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do you first pick some # that "must" go by, after which you pick the first one that exceeds the attractiveness of this group?


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Your strategy is to...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-18-2007, 01:27 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 183
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Re: Need help conceptualizing the constant \"e\"

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Here is a cooler problem, imo: show that the expected value of the # of people who get their hat back is 1, independent of n.

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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing 11-18-2007, 10:30 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 914
Posted By PairTheBoard
Re: Improving On Buffett And Desert Cat

I don't see that Sklansky's idea, even if it has merit, really brings much to the table. Suppose DC's strategy is to do his DC evaluation of Intrinsic Value, DC(IV), without looking at price. Then...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-18-2007, 08:36 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 103
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Re: How do Force Fields Occupy Space?

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But the general idea is that "fields" are simply attributes of the manifold (usually some sort of configuration space) that one must take into consideration in any physical problem....
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-17-2007, 05:13 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 103
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How do Force Fields Occupy Space?

An electron has a Force Field around it which acts to repel other electrons and attract positively charged protons.

A moving electron generates a Magnetic Force Field which acts to attract or...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-16-2007, 06:35 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 183
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Re: Need help conceptualizing the constant \"e\"

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By definition e is the limit of (1+1/n)^n as n approaches infinity .

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I think this definition is arbitrary. e shows up in all sorts of places and you could use any one...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-11-2007, 04:32 AM
Replies: 150
Views: 589
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Re: The Better Intelligence-Religion Correlation

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"You have been corrected about this premise of yours repeatedly on this Forum by countless spokespeople for Christianity, yet you persist in your mistaken notion. They tell you that...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-11-2007, 01:04 AM
Replies: 150
Views: 589
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Re: The Better Intelligence-Religion Correlation

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the truth of their own beliefs is SELF EVIDENT, once the appropriate literature is studied.


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logically self evident.
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-08-2007, 09:14 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 456
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Re: Do I Misunderstand The Double Slit Experiment

We already understand light to be a self propagating electromagnetic wave. That's what a photon of light is. Electric and Magnetic Forces fluxing back and forth against each other and propagating...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-08-2007, 06:15 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 620
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Re: Atheism Intelligence Correlations - The Strongest Argument for Atheism

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The Jesuits are a religious group and history consistently tells us that they were an exceptionally brilliant class of theists.


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If you're looking for...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-07-2007, 07:56 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 456
Posted By PairTheBoard
Re: Do I Misunderstand The Double Slit Experiment

In the delayed choice quantum eraser experiments which are suppose to do something like what you describe in #4 the effect is not quite as dramatic as you describe it. At least according to my...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-07-2007, 07:02 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 308
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Re: New Thread On Sklansky Extrapolation Question

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i don't understand why in this thread or the other thread people aren't just admitting that it is obviously very reasonable to think that Y is probably true.

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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-07-2007, 05:00 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 308
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Re: New Thread On Sklansky Extrapolation Question

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it seems to me like you are just being captious and overcomplicating matters to try to find a specific instance where the answer is "no" to david's question

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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-07-2007, 04:16 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 308
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Re: New Thread On Sklansky Extrapolation Question

Did you read Tom Crowley's analysis on the original thread? He points out that the fattening of the Yes percent may be due to the G group overestimating the correct Price say of 67% for a No answer....
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-07-2007, 03:05 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 268
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Re: Spin Off Logic Problem From Genius-Religion Debate

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Since your stipulation is "trivially necessary," but we usually have no guarantee that this is in force at all (as in the prior religion debate -- no doubt it's difficult to sort people...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-06-2007, 09:20 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 268
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Re: Spin Off Logic Problem From Genius-Religion Debate

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Stop with the off the subject IQ debate. Stipulate that the higher your IQ, the more likely you are to be right.

This is an interesting problem regarding our right to extrapolate. The...
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