My Yigo Challenge

[PsychoSarah]

But what if "gold" is harder to remember than "aurum"?

Last time I checked, your first language was English -_-

 

[AV1611VET]

Last time I checked, your first language was English -_-

Spy!

 

[PsychoSarah]

Spy!

You think some kooky stuff that revolves around the English language, it is blatantly obvious

 

[HitchSlap]

LOL

You guys couldn't handle Waldo and arced and sparked about it; so I make a new thread with Yigo; and what do you do?

You bring up Big Foot!

Solid aurum!

So you concede that belief in something in no way determines outcome, if solid methods of data collection are used, then.

Just makin' a point.

 

[AV1611VET]

So you concede that belief in something in no way determines outcome, if solid methods of data collection are used, then.

Just makin' a point.

My OP is not an open-book test.

It's two men being tested in a room with a map in front of each one.

Google isn't allowed.

Just their eyes perusing a map.

 

[PsychoSarah]

My OP is not an open-book test.

It's two men being tested in a room with a map in front of each one.

Google isn't allowed.

Just their eyes perusing a map.

We'll, believing that a place exists doesn't mean you know where to look. Equal chance of finding it.

 

[AV1611VET]

We'll, believing that a place exists doesn't mean you know where to look. Equal chance of finding it.

I disagree.

Oh, don't get me wrong.

The unbeliever might find it before the believer does; but I'm talking about "on average."

The unbeliever might be thinking what a waste of time he's having, while the believer might be unwilling to quit until he finds it.

Unbeliever [to himself]: "I wonder what's for supper tonight?"

Believer [to himself]: "I know it's here somewhere, it's gotta be!"

 

[HitchSlap]

I disagree.

Oh, don't get me wrong.

The unbeliever might find it before the believer does; but I'm talking about "on average."

The unbeliever might be thinking what a waste of time he's having, while the believer might be unwilling to quit until he finds it.

Unbeliever [to himself]: "I wonder what's for supper tonight?"

Believer [to himself]: "I know it's here somewhere, it's gotta be!"

So, you admit you have no idea how probability works, other than what you think they think? Got it.

 

[PsychoSarah]

I disagree.

Oh, don't get me wrong.

The unbeliever might find it before the believer does; but I'm talking about "on average."

The unbeliever might be thinking what a waste of time he's having, while the believer might be unwilling to quit until he finds it.

Unbeliever [to himself]: "I wonder what's for supper tonight?"

Believer [to himself]: "I know it's here somewhere, it's gotta be!"

If you gave both a task and a map for finding it, and neither knew where to look, the probability of one or the other finding it first would be no different.

 

[AV1611VET]

If you gave both a task and a map for finding it, and neither knew where to look, the probability of one or the other finding it first would be no different.

I disagree.

(Unless you Arab-phoned "apt" to "probability" to sterilize my point. [I just now caught that. Good job, guys. You almost got away with it.])

 

[[serious]]

So if I gave you a Chess position and told you to find a mate-in-three, you would roll your eyes at me and whine something about a false dichotomy?

If the question was "who is more likely to find mate in 3, someone who believes it exists or someone who doesn't" the answer would be "which ever one was the better chess player"

 

[HitchSlap]

I disagree.

(Unless you Arab-phoned "apt" to "probability" to sterilize my point. [I just now caught that. Good job, guys. You almost got away with it.])

Nope, you pretty much sterilized your point from the OP.

Aptitude has nothing to do with it. Your personal bias as to which person would be more successful is irrelevant to the question, and it has everything to do with probabilities. Sorry.

 

[PsychoSarah]

I disagree.

(Unless you Arab-phoned "apt" to "probability" to sterilize my point. [I just now caught that. Good job, guys. You almost got away with it.])

You assume that because people don't believe in something means that they haven't looked hard for it or won't, as well as assuming that lack of belief comes before the fruitless search.

 

[AV1611VET]

You assume that because people don't believe in something means that they haven't looked hard for it or won't, as well as assuming that lack of belief comes before the fruitless search.

All I'm asking is:

Who is more apt to find Yigo?

 

[TLK Valentine]

All I'm asking is:

Who is more apt to find Yigo?

The one who puts more effort into looking.

 

[PsychoSarah]

The one who puts more effort into looking.

Which is not impacted by belief.

 

[[serious]]

All I'm asking is:

Who is more apt to find Yigo?

The one with the map.

 

[TLK Valentine]

The one with the map.

Not even -- took me all of 8 seconds on Google.

 

[morningstar2651]

Spy!

 

[DogmaHunter]

So if I gave you a Chess position and told you to find a mate-in-three, you would roll your eyes at me and whine something about a false dichotomy?

I fail to see how this is a proper analogy.