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15 | 4.09% |
| 130-150lbs overweight |
  
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12 | 3.27% |
| 110-130lbs |
  
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6 | 1.63% |
| 90-110lbs |
  
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4 | 1.09% |
| 70-90lbs |
  
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4 | 1.09% |
| 60-70lbs |
  
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2 | 0.54% |
| 50-60lbs |
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5 | 1.36% |
| 40-50lbs |
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12 | 3.27% |
| 30-40lbs |
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20 | 5.45% |
| 20-30lbs |
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29 | 7.90% |
| 10-20lbs |
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54 | 14.71% |
| 0-10lbs |
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66 | 17.98% |
| im in shape (lie) |
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84 | 22.89% |
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5 | 1.36% |
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11 | 3.00% |
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8 | 2.18% |
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9 | 2.45% |
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4 | 1.09% |
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8 | 2.18% |
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#1
11-01-2007, 05:26 PM
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The importance of being (Error!)
To get started I'm going to pose a hypothetical.
Fred Astaire is always right. He never makes a mistake. If you give him a problem that he can solve, he will solve it correctly 100% of the time. But Fred can't handle differential equations. Starting somewhere around basic calculus, he just can't wrap his mind around the problem. Fred's a logical person, he's right where all of the common-sense stuff is concerned, and he's a great poker player. Ginger Rogers makes mistakes. She makes lots of mistakes. In fact, in every problem she tries to solve, she has a 50% chance of [censored] up. What's 3+3? "7." What's the largest mammal? "The shrew." How many fingers am I holding up? "Erk - NaN." But Ginger can handle any kind of problem. She consistently scores 60 on the Putnam exam, and if she sets out to prove the Goldbach conjecture, she has a 50% chance of success. Yes, no matter what the problem is, Ginger has a 50% chance of solving it. Ginger is often seen as irrational due to her mistakes, and she frequently hemorrhages money in poker. So, who's smarter? 
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11-01-2007, 05:44 PM
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Re: The importance of being (Error!)
Ginger is an impossibility.
It would take a parlay of many 50% error free steps (on 3+3 =7 type ones) for her to solve difficult problems. D
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#4
11-01-2007, 05:50 PM
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Re: The importance of being (Error!)
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Ginger is an impossibility. It would take a parlay of many 50% error free steps (on 3+3 =7 type ones) for her to solve difficult problems. D [/ QUOTE ] this is why i couldn't vote.
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#7
11-01-2007, 06:45 PM
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Re: The importance of being (Error!)
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[ QUOTE ] Ginger is an impossibility. It would take a parlay of many 50% error free steps (on 3+3 =7 type ones) for her to solve difficult problems. D [/ QUOTE ] this is why i couldn't vote. [/ QUOTE ] It's a hypothetical. Suspend this. How she solves the problems is irrelevant, it's the results that matter.
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#8
11-02-2007, 03:15 AM
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Re: The importance of being (Error!)
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Ginger is an impossibility. D [/ QUOTE ] So is Fred. Anyone who can do math questions up to differential equations perfectly, is not going to all of a sudden hit a wall if he tackles harder subjects. Especially since most, if not all, math problems can eventually be broken down into simple logic.
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#9
11-02-2007, 12:05 PM
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Re: The importance of being (Error!)
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Especially since most, if not all, math problems can eventually be broken down into simple logic. [/ QUOTE ] Not true, not even close unless you mean by exhaustive search (which no human can do) and even then its not true. chez
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11-02-2007, 01:49 PM
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Re: The importance of being (Error!)
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[ QUOTE ] Especially since most, if not all, math problems can eventually be broken down into simple logic. [/ QUOTE ] Not true, not even close unless you mean by exhaustive search (which no human can do) and even then its not true. chez [/ QUOTE ] Who is correct here?
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