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panik ([personal profile] panik) wrote2009-03-21 12:52 pm
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[identity profile] ledh.livejournal.com 2009-03-21 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
that you can prove loooaaads with statistics?

hee.

[identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com 2009-03-21 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
That statistics are essentially meaningless without purpose? That humans will see patterns in anything and everything? :o)

Re: hee.

[identity profile] ledh.livejournal.com 2009-03-21 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
i guess. i'm not a maths fan, tbqh.

snerk!

[identity profile] belladonnaf66.livejournal.com 2009-03-21 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
that's pretty funny!

Re: snerk!

[identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com 2009-03-21 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure it's indicative of... something, or whatever.*g*
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[personal profile] starwatcher 2009-03-21 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
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I think it's the best example of "correlation /= causality" I've ever seen.

Also, my inner rebel demands to know -- who decides that a song is "great", and what standards to they use? If it's similar to "great" books, I know I'd have a lot of issues with their choices. <g>
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[identity profile] suemc.livejournal.com 2009-03-26 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Obviously the oil comes out faster, when there are good vibs going on :-)

rubs chin in pondering pose.

[identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com 2009-03-27 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a conundrum isn't it? Such a close constellation must mean something - or so you'd think, but it could just be the propensity of the human brain to see patterns where none exist. Or not. Who can say? It's a mystery. *g*