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View Poll Results: HOW FAT IS U
REAL FAT 15 4.09%
130-150lbs overweight 12 3.27%
110-130lbs 6 1.63%
90-110lbs 4 1.09%
70-90lbs 4 1.09%
60-70lbs 2 0.54%
50-60lbs 5 1.36%
40-50lbs 12 3.27%
30-40lbs 20 5.45%
20-30lbs 29 7.90%
10-20lbs 54 14.71%
0-10lbs 66 17.98%
im in shape (lie) 84 22.89%
. 9 2.45%
. 5 1.36%
. 11 3.00%
. 8 2.18%
. 9 2.45%
. 4 1.09%
. 8 2.18%
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Old 11-01-2007, 06:46 PM
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Ginger and it's not close
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Old 11-01-2007, 06:48 PM
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Fred is smarter because he's more likely to know his limitations on what problems he is qualified to weigh in on with certainty.

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This was my thinking exactly.
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Old 11-01-2007, 07:42 PM
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Ginger. Ginger is the one that has the courage to take the risks to have real experiences. So she has a better life than Fred. Life really isn't about being rational all the time.
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Old 11-01-2007, 08:19 PM
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Fred is smarter because he's more likely to know his limitations on what problems he is qualified to weigh in on with certainty.

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Agreed and to quote Socrates "The only true wisdom comes in knowing you know nothing"
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Old 11-01-2007, 10:10 PM
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For almost all real-world problems, it is exponentially easier to "check" a solution than it is to "generate" a possible solution.

So Fred is smarter than Ginger on easy problems, but as the problems get harder, Ginger becomes asymptotically more intelligent.

Once we reach a really hard problem such as finding the longest cycle in a graph, Ginger is infinitely more intelligent than Frank.
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Old 11-01-2007, 10:19 PM
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Ginger. Ginger is the one that has the courage to take the risks to have real experiences. So she has a better life than Fred. Life really isn't about being rational all the time.

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Welcome to the thread.
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Old 11-01-2007, 11:22 PM
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does ginger get the same answer everytime she attempts the same problem?
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Old 11-01-2007, 11:33 PM
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does ginger get the same answer everytime she attempts the same problem?

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I'd imagine no, but thats a good question.
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Old 11-01-2007, 11:55 PM
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If she doesnt get the same answer that means she is smartest by far because she can do the problem until she sees an answer repeating itself and then know the answer for sure
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Old 11-01-2007, 11:57 PM
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If she doesnt get the same answer that means she is smartest by far because she can do the problem until she sees an answer repeating itself and then know the answer for sure

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no, she'll make the wrong conclusion about which answer is right 50% of the time.
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