army1987 comments on New Year's Prediction Thread (2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 02 January 2012 11:07:22PM -2 points [-]

because of that whole P(¬X) = 1 - P(X) thing

Hahahaha, nice word choice.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2012 11:13:48PM *  3 points [-]

Is that supposed to be a joke? I don't get it.

Comment author: gwern 03 January 2012 04:15:00AM 0 points [-]

Wracking my brains over some humorous interpretation, all I can get is maybe 'P(X)' is supposed to sound like 'penis'?

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 03 January 2012 10:18:32AM 2 points [-]

I'm guessing its because usually when people using the phrase "that whole x thing", x is a very simple term (usually one word), not an equation or one of the axioms of probability. Think, "that whole job thing" or "that whole guy thing".

Comment author: [deleted] 03 January 2012 11:46:06AM 2 points [-]

Which explains why I didn't find it funny: I've used “whole [half a dozen words] thing” myself.

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