/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9723604
fuck off phil no one likes you.

Never heard it in my life.

Because the rule isn't that [math] \Pr(x \cap y) = 1 [/math] but that [math] \Pr(x \cap y) > 0.5 [/math].

Using an anecdote, or an exception to the rule, in no way disproves the general trend, and the fact that you can only come up with one or two exceptions to the rule, while there are dozens of available examples following the rule, is evidence of the fact that it is a general trend.

>>9723638
For one thing a general trend =/= a rule and secondly it would be the lack of other exceptions, not the exceptions you do have, that demonstrate that it's a general trend, you fucking moron.

>>9723604

>"The exception proves the rule" is a saying whose meaning has been interpreted or misinterpreted in various ways. Its true definition, or at least original meaning, is that the presence of an exception applying to a specific case establishes ("proves") that a general rule exists. For example, a sign that says "parking prohibited on Sundays" (the exception) "proves" that parking is allowed on the other six days of the week (the rule). A more explicit phrasing might be "the exception that proves the existence of the rule."

t. wikipedia

>>9723684
So I'm at least right that most people are dumbasses that use it wrong

>>9723638
>>9723660
see >>9723684
and then go back to /pol/

Get off my /sci/, bitch,

>>9723690
When did I do any of these things or even remotely suggest that I'm a /pol/tard? In fact it would seem YOU are doing some of these things by implying so.

>>9723689

yes, i don't think i've ever heard it in the "correct" sense, but then again i think people usually use it jokingly knowing it doesn't make sense

>>9723660
There's your problem then. You're assuming they're stupid, while they're just speaking colloquially. Learning to understand what others mean when they talk is generally a helpful skill, but this is /sci/ not /adv/, so you'll have to go elsewhere for advice on how not to be a social reject.

>>9723697
>In fact it would seem YOU are doing some of these things by implying so.
Your act was almost convincing until you wrote this autism

>>9723689
Welcome to language.
I'm sure there is something you're using wrongly too.

>>9723604
>people say this
... bcoz they heard their Grandfather say this
and they think perhaps it means something.