Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-28-2005, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 48
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-19-2005, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,192
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-19-2005, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,192
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-19-2005, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,192
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-19-2005, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,151
Re: How low would you go...
My guess would be closer to 85%, but you could be right.
Is your 90% estimate based on anything other than a blind guess?
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-19-2005, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,151
Re: How low would you go...
Using stack sizes (519,83.5,13.5) I get a TEV of 3055
Using stack sizes (398.5,203,13.5) I get TEV of 3724
p = 3055/32724 = .821
Need to take a little more care with kings, but should still be...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-19-2005, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,151
Re: How low would you go...
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the ICM model does not account for position, blind or stack size. All very important in this situation.
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Obviously my ICM calcualtions are an approximation. To...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-19-2005, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,151
Re: How low would you go...
Playing with http://sharnett.bol.ucla.edu/ICM/ICM.html assuming the stack sizes are after posting blinds (not clear form post). Prize fund is (.57,.286,.144)
If you fold stack sizes are...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-19-2005, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 4,910
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-19-2005, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,598
Re: Agree or Disagree? Why?
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Not a single scientific discovery has ever disputed an important biblical fact.
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That may well be true, how about biblical fantasies though?
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-19-2005, 06:23 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 596
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-16-2005, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,410
Re: Evidence and all that
I think there is a trick you can use
Not A !or Not B = A !or B
So how about:
People either use some sort of induction deduction combination or they use evidence.
Or maybe even
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-16-2005, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,410
Re: Evidence and all that
You really like multiple neagtives don't you.
I think I remeber a post of yours with a hextruple negative in it /images/graemlins/ooo.gif
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-16-2005, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 596
Re: What is it to have knowledge?
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The question was not, "When does someone think they know that p," which is what you seem to be describing, but rather, "When does someone know that p."
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I am saying the...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-16-2005, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,410
Re: Evidence and all that
I think people tend to use some sort of indution/deduction combination to handle these sorts of situations.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-16-2005, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,410
Re: Evidence and all that
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I'm trying to clear up some of the recuring issues about evidence.
Propositon E.
Suppose two theories T1 and T2 do not make different predictions about the world. Then deciding...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-16-2005, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 596
Re: What is it to have knowledge?
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They can't both know the time. Only one time is the correct time so only one person can know the time. Look at the requirements again for justified true belief.
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What...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-16-2005, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 997
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-16-2005, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 596
Re: What is it to have knowledge?
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Equating knowledge with true belief--think about the difference between someone who believes it is 3:12 when it is actually 3:15, and someone who justifiably believes it is 3:15 when it...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-15-2005, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 10
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Re: More or less pleasurable?
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and he is compassionate in the same manner that humans are compassionate...
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You can of course make this assumption if you want, but do you really think it will lead...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-15-2005, 06:51 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 596
Re: What is it to have knowledge?
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What are the requirements to say that someone knows such and such? They seem like simple questions but they really aren't. Often times we'll say something like "I know that I'll get a...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-14-2005, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,174
Re: Why is Randomness so Hard to Prove?
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It just seems to me there are plenty of things without determined outcomes. Why do we need QM to disprove determinism?
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-14-2005, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,174
Re: Why is Randomness so Hard to Prove?
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Quantum mechanics does not disprove determinism; it just suggests that completely accurate predictions of the future are currently beyond us.
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QM does NOT...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-14-2005, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,174
Re: Why is Randomness so Hard to Prove?
Randomness is subjective, absolute randomness is not possible. However due to our limitations the appearance of true randomness can exist.
By projecting the universe onto a view that we can...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-14-2005, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,327
Re: atheists-- what is your source of hope?
I do not see the relationship between religious belief or lack of, and hope that you seem to believe exist. You are asking a question that does not exist.
Hope is an emotion; and like all emotions...
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