Forum: Televised Poker
11-02-2004, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 124
Views: 549
Re: LMAO
Hi Des,
For the record, there is now considerable evidence growing against the Afrocentric origin of [censored] Sapiens. Specifically, there is growing evidence that [censored] Sapiens may have...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-01-2004, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 211
Re: A World Class Player, indeed!
Sponger,
There's a difference between "I disagree with X" and "X is an idiot." Whether you agree or disagree with his politics, Michael Moore is a very intelligent man, and a gifted documentary...
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Forum: Psychology
11-01-2004, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 290
Re: Must moral law be divinely inspired?
Hi maurile,
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So whatever the independent justification is for saying that God's preferences matter more than mine do, it's that justifying principle -- not God's whim -- that ultmately...
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Forum: Psychology
11-01-2004, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 290
Re: Must moral law be divinely inspired?
Hi J.Polin,
The problem with Christian Reconstructionism/Dominionism is that it seeks a return to a pre-Enlightenment mindset where knowledge had to be vetted by ecclesiastical authority. One...
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Forum: Psychology
11-01-2004, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 290
Re: Must moral law be divinely inspired?
Hi JPolin,
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If one believes in the malaise and decadence of Western civilization (as my professor does), then moral relativists and deconstructionists are some of the prime villains....
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-31-2004, 11:31 PM
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Replies: 95
Views: 380
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Forum: Psychology
10-31-2004, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 397
Re: Shutting up the Table Coach
Hi Blarg,
Yeah, yeah, eyewitness testimony is not reliable, and therefore the theory wonks know more about what people experience than the people who experience it. Sorry, but I've heard that old...
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-31-2004, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 211
Re: A World Class Player, indeed!
Hi SossMan,
This is a classic application of the Fundamental Attribution Error:
* If I win, I deserved it.
* If I lose, I got screwed.
* If you win, you either got lucky or cheated.
* If...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-31-2004, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 122
A Caveat
Hi all,
While we're discussing the utility of the 2%/4% rule, etc., it's worth noting that, however accurate your method for converting outs to odds, it won't matter unless you're consistently...
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Forum: Psychology
10-31-2004, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 120
Views: 527
Re: NO FAULTY PREMISES
Hi Al,
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It is a thought experiment that shows logic is no guide to living the "good" life.
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No one here has argued that logic alone can guide one's actions. Logic is...
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Forum: Psychology
10-31-2004, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 120
Views: 527
Re: The Flaw of Faulty Premises
Hi Al,
If ever you get the opportunity to drag your attention away from these forums and your other studies -- and my guess is that you're in college so you don't have a whole lot of time right...
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Forum: Psychology
10-30-2004, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 290
Re: Must moral law be divinely inspired?
Hi JPolin,
I would suggest that you read the essays of Thomas Aquinas (on natural law), as well as the Hart-Fuller Debates (on the legal justification for the Nuremburg trials), and the works of...
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Forum: Psychology
10-30-2004, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 120
Views: 527
Re: The Flaw of Faulty Premises
Hi umdpoker,
I would be astonished beyond words if any would-be murderer in history has ever engaged in this kind of reasoning. It may be comparatively more likely in economic crimes, where you...
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Forum: Psychology
10-30-2004, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 120
Views: 527
Re: The Failure Of Logic
Hi winker,
If you'd read the remainder of the thread, you'd have found that this experiment is fallacious for exactly that reason. In any capital case, there is a "guilt phase" in which the jury...
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Forum: Psychology
10-30-2004, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 397
Re: Shutting up the Table Coach
Hi jedi,
I'm with you. My friend was born and has lived in Germany all of her life. She was listening to the speech when it happened. She remembers her contemporaneous reaction. The argument...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-29-2004, 12:31 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 93
Re: Semi-Bluffing; Limit vs. NL poker
Hi Tom,
I really disagree about semi-bluffing draws with position. Sklansky advocates against it in The Theory of Poker, and I think for good reason, especially in NL where you don't have to...
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Forum: Psychology
10-29-2004, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 397
Re: Shutting up the Table Coach
Fred,
Yes, as a matter of fact, I do speak German. As for the fallacious statement that this misinterpretation dates to a Newsweek article from 1988, that is simply absurd. My best friend is...
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Forum: Psychology
10-28-2004, 12:36 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 397
Re: Shutting up the Table Coach
Hi Fred,
Actually, Internet wonkitude notwithstanding, the correct German sentence for JFK would have been "Ich bin Berliner" ("I am a Berliner"). It was no different from what Gerhard Shröder...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-27-2004, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 93
Re: Semi-Bluffing; Limit vs. NL poker
Hi ossie,
In deep stack NL ring play, semi-bluffing in position on the flop is often (though not always) a mistake. It's usually better to take the free card, provided you also occasionally give...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-27-2004, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 72
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-27-2004, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 122
Re: Making outs to odds conversion
Hi Louie,
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One of us misunderstood. Are you saying that if you have "6 outs" you'll figure that's 12%, and 100-12=88, and 88:12 is "7+:1"? And that's "faster" than "6 outs", 42 bads,...
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Forum: Psychology
10-26-2004, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 397
Re: Shutting up the Table Coach
Hi felson,
I was surprised when I was told that Hawaii had no mosquitoes. It being a tropical climate, and having lived in the tropics for over half my life, I figured it would have lots of them....
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-26-2004, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 165
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-26-2004, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 129
Re: MrOrgasm on PP
daryn!
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this is a thought, maybe he was not being totally genuine in his chat.
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I can't believe you would suggest that a poker player would be anything less than 100%...
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-26-2004, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 338
Re: Now David, I am angry!!!!
Hi illguitar,
For this type of problem, The Theory of Poker and, to a lesser extent, Tournament Poker for Advanced Players are probably your best resources in terms of the math angle. If you have...
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