In response to Dumb Deplaning
Daniel_Reeves20 August 2008 12:50:42AM1 point [-]

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/02/boarding

[The fastest way to board a plane is to] have 10 passengers at a time board in alternating rows. He says it's at least four times faster than what most airlines are doing because it lets everyone stow their luggage and take their seats without getting in one another's way.

In response to Moral Complexities
Daniel_Reeves04 July 2008 07:17:53AM0 points [-]

Why do people seem to mean different things by "I want the pie" and "It is right that I should get the pie"? Why are the two propositions argued in different ways?

Because they believe the answer to "is it right that I want the pie?" isn't always "yes."

In response to I'd take it
Daniel_Reeves02 July 2008 10:03:15PM0 points [-]

presidents post Reagan are no longer killable

Neither was Reagan!

(10) declare large bounties to certain technological improvements in areas such as energy, healtcare, communications, etc.

Oh, I like that idea.

In response to The Opposite Sex
Daniel_Reeves29 June 2008 01:22:00PM0 points [-]

Of course, on second thought that also may show that women just don't know men. :)

In response to The Opposite Sex
Daniel_Reeves29 June 2008 01:20:00PM0 points [-]

Some people don't think this is difficult at all, and/or that psychological sex differences are trivial. What relative proportion of these would you say are unusual for their sex, unusually empathetic, and just delusional, respectively?

Ah, I read something about that, before. It was an article on a small study that took note of a few people's reaction to women come-ons. The men were likely to consider a friendly gesture a sexual invitation and consider a sexual invitation a friendly gesture.

Daniel_Reeves29 June 2008 01:15:53PM0 points [-]

It's like asking how our world would be if "2 + 2 = 5." My answer to that would be, "but it doesn't."

So unless you can convince me that one can exist without morality, then my answer is, "but we can't exist without morality."

Daniel_Reeves04 March 2008 04:52:55PM1 point [-]

I'm confused :/

P(X,Y,Z) = P(X,(Y,Z)) = P(X) + P(Y,Z) - P(X;(Y,Z)) = P(X) + (P(Y) + P(Z) - P(Y;Z)) - P(X;(Y,Z)) = P(X) + (P(Y) + P(Z) - P(Y;Z)) - P((X;Y),(X;Z)) = P(X) + (P(Y) + P(Z) - P(Y;Z)) - (P(X;Y) + P(X;Z) - P(X;Y;Z)) = P(X) + P(Y) + P(Z) - P(X;Y) - P(Y;Z) - P(X;Z) + P(X;Y;Z)

By the inclusion-exclusion principle, no?