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RE: math tard, Help
July 4, 2015 at 2:10 pm
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Now that you say it, the above "proof" in the OP is a nice illustration of one of the reasons why the TAG is wrong - the invalid steps are hidden because of delayed assumptions. In our wrong math argument, there is a step in the penultimate line that is invalid if one uses the info given in the first, but locally for individual steps everything looks fine. Likewise in TAG, the meaning of things is changed subtly towards the last step of the argument such that the first steps don't really work with the definitions used in the latter parts. With this trick, the TAG generates a statement that is much stronger than a valid proof could.
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RE: math tard, Help
July 4, 2015 at 2:40 pm
Maths is never invalid, reality is wrong.
It's wrong dammit!
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RE: math tard, Help
July 4, 2015 at 2:45 pm
(July 4, 2015 at 2:10 pm)Alex K Wrote: Now that you say it, the above "proof" in the OP is a nice illustration of one of the reasons why the TAG is wrong - the invalid steps are hidden because of delayed assumptions. In our wrong math argument, there is a step in the penultimate line that is invalid if one uses the info given in the first, but locally for individual steps everything looks fine. Likewise in TAG, the meaning of things is changed subtly towards the last step of the argument such that the first steps don't really work with the definitions used in the latter parts. With this trick, the TAG generates a statement that is much stronger than a valid proof could.
It is as sound as this:
I am nothing, since nothing is perfect and only god is perfect, therefore, I am god. Shit like that 
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July 4, 2015 at 3:28 pm
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"God is perfect, and in order to be perfect He has to exist."
If one condenses TAG to this one line it is clear why it is wrong:
This line is problematic because "God" in the beginning refers to the concept of God. An actual God can suffer from the imperfection of nonexistence, and no logically valid definition of the concept of God can circumvent that. The TAG is nothing but a way to spread this line over several steps in order to obfuscate this distinction between properties of the God concept, and properties of an actual God.
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RE: math tard, Help
July 12, 2015 at 1:40 pm
I have a hole about 3-4 inches deep with a diameter of about 27 feet left over from an above ground swimming pool that was removed. I'm using the space for a fire pit/lounge area, but I'm only using about a 6 foot diameter, so the remaining ring or doughnut shape needs filled in.
I need to know the area of the doughnut shape. Is it as easy as figuring the area of the 27' circle and the 6' circle and subtracting?
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
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For context, this is the previous verse:
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RE: math tard, Help
July 12, 2015 at 1:46 pm
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Yes!
pi * (R^2-r^2)=
pi * (13.5^2-3^2) ~ 544.28 square feet
Actually, the lacking small circle area is almost negligible in comparison
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July 12, 2015 at 1:56 pm
Hell yeah! That's the number I got. I guess I should be more confident, but I'm always highly suspicious of math (namely my math). I always think there's some secret rule that doesn't make sense to me that I've missed. Thanks Alex!
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
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RE: math tard, Help
July 12, 2015 at 2:04 pm
(July 12, 2015 at 1:46 pm)Alex K Wrote: Actually, the lacking small circle area is almost negligible in comparison
That's what made me second guess. If I can find the tonnage I need of fill dirt for free, then I really don't need to worry about penny pinching. But if I gotta pay something, things become less negligible haha
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RE: math tard, Help
August 30, 2015 at 1:03 pm
(June 27, 2015 at 9:34 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: x squared-y squared = xy-y squared
0 = 0
(x+y) (x-y)=y(x-y)
(x+y) (0) = y(0)
(x+y) (x-y)/(x-y)=y(x-y)/(x-y)
(x+y) (0)/(0) = y(0)/(0)
Two problems.
You can never multiply anything by zero and get anything BUT zero. So division by zero performed on a non-zero value has no answer.
Zero divided by zero can equal absolutely any number, ANY number, period.
I would more generally advocate that one only leave one entrance into their mind(reason), and keep the rest of it rather closed, as it is one hell of a lot easier to shovel shit in than it is to get it out.
If the evidence and reason for you to believe something isn't really any better than the reason you should believe some rural farmer from Arkansas got anally probed by interstellar visitors, then you probably shouldn't.
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RE: math tard, Help
August 30, 2015 at 1:50 pm
many years ago a friend gave me the dimensions of some footings and a slab he wanted to fill with concrete for a new garage. I don't recall the number of yards I gave him, but it was less than one cement mixer truck full.
He ordered two as he was sure I had munged the numbers.
He wound up paving most of his driveway with the leftovers . . .
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