In response to Dumb Deplaning
Comment author: Daniel_Reeves 20 August 2008 12:50:42AM 1 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
Comment author: Daniel_Reeves 04 July 2008 07:17:53AM 0 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
Comment author: Daniel_Reeves 02 July 2008 10:03:15PM 0 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
Comment author: Daniel_Reeves 29 June 2008 01:22:00PM 0 points [-]

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

In response to The Opposite Sex
Comment author: Daniel_Reeves 29 June 2008 01:20:00PM 0 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.

Comment author: Daniel_Reeves 29 June 2008 01:15:53PM 0 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."

Comment author: Daniel_Reeves 04 March 2008 04:52:55PM 1 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?