tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post7267382690806707213..comments2024-03-04T10:43:03.201+00:00Comments on The Reason Stick: Homeopathy Venn Diagram Demographic AnalysisCrispian Jagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16834942943012382473noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-391058293231661602011-02-23T22:13:34.866+00:002011-02-23T22:13:34.866+00:00A and C aren't necessarily mutually exclusive....A and C aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.Mitchell Gerskuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10154945979174698702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-80267817294061211262011-02-22T18:20:20.073+00:002011-02-22T18:20:20.073+00:00I would think you need some kind of division of se...I would think you need some kind of division of set C, since while C generally does not overlap with A or B, presumably at some point skeptics have participated in publicity stunts that don't involve taking shitloads of sugar pills *ahem* I mean <i>highly efficacious medicines</i>.<br /><br />(Thereby completely missing the point.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-88126101291763315752011-02-18T13:05:51.255+00:002011-02-18T13:05:51.255+00:00The first venn-diagramm would be symbolized with:
...The first venn-diagramm would be symbolized with:<br /><br />(A n B) u ( A n B n C )<br /><br />Is it right?<br /><br />It's always bad to make fun of somebody when you're making faults along the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-32496739197163915912011-02-18T13:01:45.737+00:002011-02-18T13:01:45.737+00:00It must be Friday. Chill dudes!It must be Friday. Chill dudes!Billysuggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10673508741175504300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-50133690792400993292011-02-18T12:16:39.466+00:002011-02-18T12:16:39.466+00:00Bulls are not colour blindBulls are not colour blindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-18199581479044492902011-02-18T12:07:17.056+00:002011-02-18T12:07:17.056+00:00If 10²³@QED was anything to go by, circle C is a s...If 10²³@QED was anything to go by, circle C is a subset of circle B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-35627358041010676412011-02-18T11:26:37.703+00:002011-02-18T11:26:37.703+00:00Anonymous said, "minor technical inaccuracies...Anonymous said, "minor technical inaccuracies are to a skeptic what a red-rag is to a bull".<br />Shirley that should read "waving any coloured rag" because as we skeptics know, bulls are colour blind and react to the movement.<br /><br />You gotta love Venn diagram jokes :-)Dave Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-35747786845600077172011-02-18T10:34:28.496+00:002011-02-18T10:34:28.496+00:00Whoosh.....
That was the sound of that particular...Whoosh.....<br /><br />That was the sound of that particular comic effect flying right over the top of my head....<br /><br />And you didn't mention it to the other pedants either, so please sir, may I be excused for having not noticed it? :-)<br /><br /><br />N0Sheds<br />(i.e. The set of "Sheds in My Possession" is the empty set)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-22502622547595463852011-02-18T10:16:22.555+00:002011-02-18T10:16:22.555+00:00FFS N0Sheds.
I am aware the diagram does not matc...FFS N0Sheds.<br /><br />I am aware the diagram does not match the formula. The formula is correct, but the diagram is deliberately wrong for the purposes of comic effect, although I don't know why I bother some times.Crispian Jagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834942943012382473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-66094482099411904232011-02-18T10:12:35.110+00:002011-02-18T10:12:35.110+00:00Not happy!
(Using u and n for ease of typing)
u ...Not happy!<br /><br />(Using u and n for ease of typing)<br /><br />u = Union = All of one and All of the other<br /><br />n = Intersection = the area where the two meet.<br /><br />Your diagram shades simply A n B -> the bit that is in A and B.<br /><br />If you truly mean ( A n B ) u C then you must shade all of circle C as the expression means, all of C, plus the bit that's in both A and B.<br /><br />Wikipedia may help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(mathematics)<br /><br />HTH<br />N0ShedsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-51345148914332927572011-02-17T23:46:51.880+00:002011-02-17T23:46:51.880+00:00Bloody pedants. Happy now Pope?Bloody pedants. Happy now Pope?Crispian Jagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834942943012382473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-20745029891737041722011-02-17T23:36:21.570+00:002011-02-17T23:36:21.570+00:00Also you've written (scuse lack of Unicode con...Also you've written (scuse lack of Unicode conjunction/disjunction characters - don't have special character input on my phone)<br /><br />(A n B) n C<br /><br />when I think you mean<br /><br />(A n B) u CDaniel Popehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593617022625859680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-61273574100474059432011-02-17T22:59:44.977+00:002011-02-17T22:59:44.977+00:00I think it was the right choice too... it's in...I think it was the right choice too... it's in the spirit of all good comedy venn diagrams, and that's important!<br /><br />... but you know, minor technical inaccuracies are to a skeptic what a red-rag is to a bull ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-32575244919700445302011-02-17T22:47:27.235+00:002011-02-17T22:47:27.235+00:00Yeah, I know, technically the diagram is not reall...Yeah, I know, technically the diagram is not really right. As pointed out by @rbhinkley on twitter, it would have been better to have not overlapped C, but just shaded it all in. However, I opted for aesthetics over accuracy.<br /><br />Should have known better with you pedants.Crispian Jagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834942943012382473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-80725187808592683072011-02-17T22:31:51.355+00:002011-02-17T22:31:51.355+00:00(A^C)'s gotta be pretty darn small... I'd ...(A^C)'s gotta be pretty darn small... I'd hope ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com