Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets

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Post by KennethMyers » Fri, Aug 30, 2013, 3:54 AM UTC

Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets
techno-anthropology.blogspot.com

Re: Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets

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Post by ronilan » Fri, Aug 30, 2013, 5:10 AM UTC

> Try one thousand things that you have a 0.01% chance of succeeding in, and in the end you will accomplish one incredible thing.

This is false.

Re: Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets

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Post by valtron » Fri, Aug 30, 2013, 5:14 AM UTC

> anything someone really really tries to get you to believe is probably false if it doesn't make sense to you.

To a lot of people, religion makes sense while, say, quantum mechanics doesn't.

Re: Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets

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Post by molecule » Fri, Aug 30, 2013, 5:22 AM UTC

valtron wrote: post #3

> anything someone really really tries to get you to believe is probably false if it doesn't make sense to you. To a lot of people, religion makes sense while, say, quantum mechanics doesn't.

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” - Albert Einstein

Re: Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets

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Post by hannibal5 » Fri, Aug 30, 2013, 5:27 AM UTC

valtron wrote: post #3

> anything someone really really tries to get you to believe is probably false if it doesn't make sense to you. To a lot of people, religion makes sense while, say, quantum mechanics doesn't.

You don't see people walking around and trying to make you believe in quantum mechanics.

Re: Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets

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Post by hannibal5 » Fri, Aug 30, 2013, 5:38 AM UTC

ronilan wrote: post #2

> Try one thousand things that you have a 0.01% chance of succeeding in, and in the end you will accomplish one incredible thing. This is false.

btw. he says 0.1% not 0.01%

If you try things that have 0.1% change one after another, the change of succeeding has binomial distribution. The probability that you get at least one success is just 63%

Re: Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets

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Post by valtron » Fri, Aug 30, 2013, 5:52 AM UTC

hannibal5 wrote: post #5

valtron wrote: post #3

> anything someone really really tries to get you to believe is probably false if it doesn't make sense to you. To a lot of people, religion makes sense while, say, quantum mechanics doesn't.

You don't see people walking around and trying to make you believe in quantum mechanics.

I talk about it any chance I get :)

Re: Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets

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Post by molecule » Fri, Aug 30, 2013, 5:55 AM UTC

hannibal5 wrote: post #6

ronilan wrote: post #2

> Try one thousand things that you have a 0.01% chance of succeeding in, and in the end you will accomplish one incredible thing. This is false.

btw. he says 0.1% not 0.01% If you try things that have 0.1% change one after another, the change of succeeding has binomial distribution. The probability that you get at least one success is just 63%

> btw. he says 0.1% not 0.01%

it was originally posted as 0.01%.

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Re: Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets

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Post by norswap » Fri, Aug 30, 2013, 12:32 PM UTC

ronilan wrote: post #2

> Try one thousand things that you have a 0.01% chance of succeeding in, and in the end you will accomplish one incredible thing. This is false.

Came here to say this. Funny to find that in a post called "things I know that it seems like nobody else gets ".

Keep in mind it's not the point of the article though (which is interesting if a bit bland - I mean you should know most of this).