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Offline Sidoh

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What's wrong here?
« on: February 07, 2006, 11:27:13 pm »


For those of you that are more mathematically inclined (*cough* MyndFyre/iago): please don't reply until the answer's been posted.  Thanks!
« Last Edit: February 07, 2006, 11:29:19 pm by Sidoh »

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2006, 12:38:19 am »
This should be in riddles, sorta.. Logic ~ Riddles, in a sense.
Since I know the answer (sidoh told me, I got semi close though) I can't post it.
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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2006, 12:43:12 am »
[ROT13]
Gjb qbrfa'g rdhny bar..?  V qba'g haqrefgnaq gur dhrfgvba irel jryy..
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And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2006, 12:43:27 am »
I actually considered that, but I figured it was okay in General.  It does make more sense here, so I moved it. :)

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2006, 12:43:42 am »
Should we not post if it's blatantly obvious?
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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2006, 12:44:32 am »
[ROT13]
Gjb qbrfa'g rdhny bar..?  V qba'g hackrefgnaq gur dhrfgvba irel jryy..
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Of course two doesn't equal one, but I provided proof!  What's wrong with the proof?

Should we not post if it's blatantly obvious?

Sure, go for it.

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2006, 06:04:29 pm »
n zvahf o rdhnyf 0.  Lbh pna abg qvivqr ol mreb.  yvar frira

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2006, 06:42:20 pm »
n zvahf o rdhnyf 0.  Lbh pna abg qvivqr ol mreb.  yvar frira

It's a combination of the first and the second to the last lines.  (a - b)/(a -b) in itself is just fine, but since a = b, it's illegal.  Correct. :)

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2006, 02:59:23 am »
A friend of mine (a Math major if you couldn't guess) often uses this as his away message :)

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2006, 06:22:43 am »
Two never equals one. =p

EDIT -
Read the ROT13's. Someone turn on the right to delete your own posts in this forum! =)
« Last Edit: February 09, 2006, 06:25:59 am by Joe[e2] »
I'd personally do as Joe suggests

You might be right about that, Joe.


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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2006, 07:47:44 pm »
Two never equals one. =p

EDIT -
Read the ROT13's. Someone turn on the right to delete your own posts in this forum! =)

It's not intuitively obvious; that's why it makes a good away message.  It even confused Lihao (foreign exchange student from China) who's already had two years of calculus.

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2006, 07:58:20 pm »
Its really simple but its kinda like a visual illusion.  Your so amazed that they could prove a=b to be false that its hard to find the error.

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2006, 08:03:09 pm »
Its really simple but its kinda like a visual illusion.  Your so amazed that they could prove a=b to be false that its hard to find the error.

Of course it's simple.  Most things are simple once you understand the answer.  The term "complicated" (which is an acceptable antonym for "simple," I think) describes something beyond one's comprehension or is barely understandable.  I don't think anyone here would have a problem understanding [a - b = 0] when [a = b].  It becomes simple / obvious after the connection between those two statements are made; until then, it is not intuitively obvious.

If your brain is run by any sort of logic, you'll realize that there's obviously something wrong with this system.  If you're interested or at least persistent, it's a matter of minutes (or seconds, even) of re-reading the equations.  The people who don't figure it out are the ones who decide it's impossible for them to understand.

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2006, 12:53:23 am »
My mom got this her first try around. Damnit.
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: What's wrong here?
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2006, 12:57:21 am »
My mom got this her first try around. Damnit.

Anyone who knows elementary properties of algebra and mathematics will if they don't give up easily. ;)