Don't Put Too Much Faith in the Experts

[year2late]

Good for you. I never did well in algebra. Now what?


PS. How has solving that equation helped you in your understanding of humanity and in life? I can add, subtract, multiply in my head better than most can do on paper. For that matter, my entire career has been using math and numbers and never once did I need algebra.

Good try at demeaning though and a fail. I am on to the left wing tactics of ridicule and denigration. Try someone else. I find most left wingers to be evil and despicable POS.

You couldn't master basic algebra and you are complaining how superior the Catholic schools were where you came from? Seriously?

 

[calamity]

Good for you. I never did well in algebra. Now what?


PS. How has solving that equation helped you in your understanding of humanity and in life? I can add, subtract, multiply in my head better than most can do on paper. For that matter, my entire career has been using math and numbers and never once did I need algebra.

Good try at demeaning though and a fail. I am on to the left wing tactics of ridicule and denigration. Try someone else. I find most left wingers to be evil and despicable POS.

That's not "algebra." :doh

Edit: As for answering your question, me understanding that equation and the simple answer it represents has me earning a six figure salary in a job that lets me do pretty much whatever the **** I want all damned day. Thank you for being one of the many, many millions who has no idea what that equation represents, thereby making me much more valuable.

 

[Paradoxical]

Cerebral superiority? Let me ask you something: What did you do for a living that involved a lot of math?

I would be willing to bet that you could add, subtract, multiply, etc. better than I can with your experience doing so for such a long period of time. So who is really cerebrally superior? To me, you likely have a superior mind for arithmetic.

I do not believe in people being more intelligent than others. I think we all have our own strengths and weaknesses. I have worked on many teams with various people over the years, and the best teams are teams where everyone knows someone else on the team is better at some aspect of the project, and the individuals of the team can compliment each other's strengths and weaknesses through the ebb and flow of the project's progress.

May I ask why you think you are better than the people you speak with on here? Specifically, what makes you less arrogant and condescending than the leftists you speak about?

Sorry but it was YOU who slapped up the algebraic question and I called you on it and now you are trying to put the onus on me. I never implied I was smarter than you It was YOU who did that by slapping up the equation and you just don't like that I exposed you.

 

[Xilnik]

Sorry but it was YOU who slapped up the algebraic question and I called you on it and now you are trying to put the onus on me. I never implied I was smarter than you It was YOU who did that by slapping up the equation and you just don't like that I exposed you.

Yep, you exposed me. You showed that I received a different education from yourself and that I am more willing to accept your thought process than you are mine. I have never felt so naked. Thank you for the life lesson.

 

[Paradoxical]

You couldn't master basic algebra and you are complaining how superior the Catholic schools were where you came from? Seriously?

Get that "See Spot Run" book down pat yet or do you still need my help?

 

[Paradoxical]

That's not "algebra." :doh

Edit: As for answering your question, me understanding that equation and the simple answer it represents has me earning a six figure salary in a job that lets me do pretty much whatever the **** I want all damned day. Thank you for being one of the many, many millions who has no idea what that equation represents, thereby making me much more valuable.

Good for you AOC.

 

[Xilnik]

That's not "algebra." :doh

Edit: As for answering your question, me understanding that equation and the simple answer it represents has me earning a six figure salary in a job that lets me do pretty much whatever the **** I want all damned day. Thank you for being one of the many, many millions who has no idea what that equation represents, thereby making me much more valuable.

It is a fascinating problem only because of the few times it shows up in analytical analyses using computer software. One would expect the result to be NaN or Inf, but compilers often treat it as 1 because of the solution to that limit through L'Hopital's Rule.

 

[Paradoxical]

Yep, you exposed me. You showed that I received a different education from yourself and that I am more willing to accept your thought process than you are mine. I have never felt so naked. Thank you for the life lesson.

Quit being so effing condescending

 

[Xilnik]

Quit being so effing condescending

I understand. It is tough when someone lives by the golden rule with you. You treat people like this:

It's easy to tell YOU went to publik skools

By the time I attended high school after going to Catholic school, there was no need for study or anything because the nuns had taught me what you guys were struggling with in 12th grade public school when I was 8 years old. I knew then why people were so dumb.

And then someone does it back to you, and it is very emotionally upsetting. I will stop now that my point is made.

 

[year2late]

Get that "See Spot Run" book down pat yet or do you still need my help?

 

[JasperL]

We should have been like Sweden The death toll would be about 225,000. Well worth it Leftists wouldn't have that.

Sweden will have immunity and we still don't. They won't have NEW cases You watch. Why? Because they did it right while America lived in fear because the MSM kept you guys in abject fear of dying.

Sheesh, yes, it's the "Leftists" fault with a GOP President and GOP governors in most states. They made Trump do it!!! LIBERALS!!! And you have no idea what the death toll would have been. That's the problem with a 'do nothing' approach in the beginning. Sweden is like Tennessee doing it. But we're a country about 30X the population of Sweden with dozens of cities bigger than their biggest, and lots of opportunity for many NYCs.

And we'll see what happens. So far their approach is not a success. It's that simple - they're a very spread out country with one of the highest death tolls in the world per capita. Sometime around the early part of 2021, we'll know.

 

[HennyBogan]

Yes, I do. The Spanish flu went February 1918 to April 1920, and it was actually two separate flu, but that's 26 months. In the first six months, the Spanish flu killed 75,000 people in the United States. So far, in the United States, COVID-19 has killed more than 138,000 people. As with any out of control pandemic, infection rates rise rapidly. Global cases of COVID-19 have topped 13.3 million and 578,628 deaths. As the rate of infections accelerates, so will the numbers of deaths.

Do I believe that this virus will cause 50 million deaths globally? No, I don't. Medical science is far advanced since 1918 and we'll have a vaccine long before it becomes that catastrophic, but we are facing something similar to that scale.

And? You posted globally! Your facts before were simply nonsense

 

[Xilnik]

Sheesh, yes, it's the "Leftists" fault with a GOP President and GOP governors in most states. They made Trump do it!!! LIBERALS!!! And you have no idea what the death toll would have been. That's the problem with a 'do nothing' approach in the beginning. Sweden is like Tennessee doing it. But we're a country about 30X the population of Sweden with dozens of cities bigger than their biggest, and lots of opportunity for many NYCs.

And we'll see what happens. So far their approach is not a success. It's that simple - they're a very spread out country with one of the highest death tolls in the world per capita. Sometime around the early part of 2021, we'll know.

Even Sweden's government officials said that it would be a disaster for most countries to try their approach. They recommended against it because most countries have cities with more population densities and larger populations as a whole. People who compare us to Sweden are missing the reasons why it would be an unmitigated disaster.

Overwhelming hospitals, killing off people who might have otherwise survived had they been able to get medical care, and reducing our population through negligence would likely have a larger impact on our economy than the steps we have taken or even the steps we should have taken. The entire infrastructure of our country would be at risk with the level of spread Paradoxical is pushing for.

 

[Paradoxical]

Sheesh, yes, it's the "Leftists" fault with a GOP President and GOP governors in most states. They made Trump do it!!! LIBERALS!!! And you have no idea what the death toll would have been. That's the problem with a 'do nothing' approach in the beginning. Sweden is like Tennessee doing it. But we're a country about 30X the population of Sweden with dozens of cities bigger than their biggest, and lots of opportunity for many NYCs.

And we'll see what happens. So far their approach is not a success. It's that simple - they're a very spread out country with one of the highest death tolls in the world per capita. Sometime around the early part of 2021, we'll know.

I did the math, Jasper. I used Sweden's population of 10 million and death rate per million and then used that for what 330 million would be. Arguably, some of our cities are more populated but also some of our states are not as populated as they are. We should have done what Sweden did and we would be done with it now. No re-occurrences. They are standing tall now in Sweden. They did it brave and proud while America cowered.

 

[Grand Mal]

By the time I attended high school after going to Catholic school, there was no need for study or anything because the nuns had taught me what you guys were struggling with in 12th grade public school when I was 8 years old. I knew then why people were so dumb.

Bull****. First, you have no idea of the quality of public school education in Canada. There's several comparisons of education standards worldwide that you could consult but you won't. It would disrupt your narrative. And don't pretend that parochial school is a leg-up academically. I know that's not the case.
Second, saying people are dumb because of an inferior education betrays your own inferior education. You apparently don't know the difference between dumb and ignorant. I would think that was an important distinction for a conservative but then, my education was different from yours, as you pointed out.

 

[Paradoxical]

Bull****. First, you have no idea of the quality of public school education in Canada. There's several comparisons of education standards worldwide that you could consult but you won't. It would disrupt your narrative. And don't pretend that parochial school is a leg-up academically. I know that's not the case.
Second, saying people are dumb because of an inferior education betrays your own inferior education. You apparently don't know the difference between dumb and ignorant. I would think that was an important distinction for a conservative but then, my education was different from yours, as you pointed out.

I am from the United States. Not socialist Canada.

 

[ldsrptcvt]

We must believe our scientists. If we don't, we must go to the rehabilitation camps where not everyone comes back from.

without scientists, how can we learn?

 

[ldsrptcvt]

Don't forget all of those private jets they own on teacher salary.

the American rich all get overpaid - the new American dream. Haul in gobs of money without doing much at all.

 

[ldsrptcvt]

According to Biden, science says we have 9 years left. He got that from Gretchen the scientist. Al Gore said we had ten years twenty years ago. Scientists said two million would die. Doctors said wear masks and then don't. The same ones said COVID stays on flat surfaces a long time until they said it didn't. Social distancing comes from a great scientist at high school science fair.

Science takes time, trial and error. No "God" appears to them with magical answers.

 

[Grand Mal]

I am from the United States. Not socialist Canada.

And this is you demonstrating the quality of your education?

 

[ldsrptcvt]

I proved to one of your comrades that teachers are handsomely paid. Top pay in California is over 90K for 8:00 to 2:30 and 9 months with benefits fit for a king and retiring at 55 with 80-90% of their pay and paid medical. Works out to 120K a year for part time work with 10 days off every year they can put in the bank and cash out at the end of their short career.

If that's underpaid, you live on a different planet

Like I said before, the new American dream is to get rich by doing nothing.

 

[ldsrptcvt]

It means that we shouldn't accept what our tribal leaders say without verification. Many of them are left wingers with an agenda.

and just where are you going to get verification?

 

[JasperL]

I did the math, Jasper. I used Sweden's population of 10 million and death rate per million and then used that for what 330 million would be. Arguably, some of our cities are more populated but also some of our states are not as populated as they are.

Not arguably - we have at least 40 MSAs bigger than Stockholm. NYC MSA has more than 2x the entire population of Sweden. And you can't just assume equivalent death rates. It's an absurd assumption.

We should have done what Sweden did and we would be done with it now. No re-occurrences. They are standing tall now in Sweden. They did it brave and proud while America cowered.

You also don't know that. Unfortunately for the people making decisions, they don't get to say, "**** it!" and let a deadly pandemic spread without intervention hoping it all works out OK. They're possibly leading the world in deaths per million and we have no idea if they're done with it now. There's no evidence they are anywhere near herd immunity, for example.

 

[ldsrptcvt]

They are NOT underpaid when you figure they work part time and for just 9 months and retire at 55 at nearly full salary and have benefits up the gazoo. It's a LIE that teachers are underpaid.

what is your beef with teachers in particular? Tons of people get rich on easy street.

 

[ldsrptcvt]

We have seen how they are wrong time and time again. What you're suggesting is that we believe our elders just because they have studied science. The only scientist that has a near perfect was Albert Einstein.When you get these wonks who work FOR the government you get a culture like the NY Times where they are using confirmation bias and looking to prove their beliefs correct instead of science.

what is the alternative? got any ideas or just criticism?