/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.5512755]

Is Who wants to be a millionaire just a game of luck?

I mean, there's 33.34% chance of being right unless the person happen to know the answer, and lifelines can only get you so far into the game.

[Anonymous No.5512757]

lol i posted it agen

[Anonymous No.5512759]

No, it isn't.
It has luck as a factor, but not a game defining one.

[Anonymous No.5512760]

if you make a sequence of the time that these threads are posted, it gives you the lottery numbers

[Anonymous No.5512762]

When was the last time we had a good science or math thread? I don't remember.

[Anonymous No.5512766]

Let's say there are 15 questions with 4 choices each. Let's also say there are 3 lifelines: call-a-friend, 50-50, and ask-the-audience.

For each of the 15 questions, there is only 1 correct answer, and 3 incorrect answers, so immediately your chances are 1/3 = 33.34%. You can use each lifeline once. Using phone-a-friend, let's say gives you a 95% chance the person you call is correct. So 1 question is 95%. Similarly, we can say ask-the-audience gives you a 95% chance. Finally, 50-50 will remove 2 wrong answers, so you have 1 right answer and 1 wrong answer, so you basically know the answer. To recap:

Question 1: 33.34%

Question 2: 33.34%

Question 3: 33.34%

Question 4: 95% <--- ask-the-audience

Question 5: 33.34%

Question 6: 33.34%

Question 7: 33.34%

Question 8: 33.34%

Question 9: 95% <--- phone-a-friend

Question 10: 33.34%

Question 11: 33.34%

Question 12: 33.34%

Question 13: 33.34%

Question 14: 33.34%

Question 15: 100% <--- 50-50

Total: 690.08%

Divided by 15 questions = 46.00%

So basically, it's more a less a game of chance, but more than half the people on the show will lose, so it's not very fair. That show is making tons of money off of people.

[Anonymous No.5512769]

>>5512762
We never had one.

[Anonymous No.5512783]

>>5512766
>>5512755
millionaire shitjo is not a science.

[Anonymous No.5512787]

>>5512783
It's mathematics. You are on /sci/ - Science & Math.

[Anonymous No.5512803]

>>5512787
I mainly just wanted to post a /sci/ version of "katawa shitjo is not a game"

[Anonymous No.5512807]

>>5512766
Not sure if troll, or there is something I'm missing here, but having 3 wrong answers and 1 right one gives you a sample space of 4 options, which makes it 25% yeah?

so ... is this some long-running joke on /sci/ and I'm a newfag, OR is there seriously something I'm missing here, and by extension I'm a newfag anyway?

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512811]

Why still post this?
Nobody is trolled by it any more; they all know it.

[Anonymous No.5512810]

>>5512803
>infantile cartoon

[Anonymous No.5512814]

>>5512769
well fug

>>5512811
board culture

[Anonymous No.5512817]

>>5512811
Why do you spread your anti-intellectualism and promiscuity on the science and math board? It is an unsolved problem in measure-theoretic probability theory. Nobody is trolling.

[Anonymous No.5512824]

>>5512811
How many fuck buddies do you have?

[Anonymous No.5512822]

>>5512811

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512828]

>>5512817
I am not anti-intellectual or promiscuous.
This has nothing to to with probability unless one guesses.
Being intelligent and knowing a lot of answers means one will not guess.

[Anonymous No.5512829]

>>5512811
wrong
see:
>>5512807

[Anonymous No.5512830]

>>5512807
>but having 3 wrong answers and 1 right one gives you a sample space of 4 options, which makes it 25% yeah?
That's wrong. Read the OP's proof.

[Anonymous No.5512832]

>>5512828
Yes you are. You are an uneducated slut with multiple fuck buddies and come here for shitposting.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512833]

>>5512822
>>5512824

EK was lying.
I have never had, nor will ever have, 'fuckbuddies'.

[Anonymous No.5512835]

>>5512833
Why would your roommate lie about you? Conspiracy theories belong on >>>/x/.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512837]

>>5512832
I have had a good education, and I am not a slut.
I come here for interesting science threads. Not for trollthreads and spamming like this.

[Anonymous No.5512839]

>>5512833
EK is more trustworthy than you.

[Anonymous No.5512842]

>>5512829
>>5512830
Wow, you guys got me :/

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512845]

>>5512835
She just does it to stir up drama. She finds it amusing, I think.
This is not unlike her.

She was very hypocritical to make such comments, because it is actually her who is promiscuous, not me.

[Anonymous No.5512847]

>>5512842
This is ancient copypasta

[Anonymous No.5512850]

>>5512837
>I have had a good education
You do not have any education. Why else would you spam breathtakingly incorrect, uneducated drivel here? No educated person would do such a thing.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512853]

>>5512839
She definitely is not.

[Anonymous No.5512846]

yeah it would be 25% for questions you don't know and you would multiple 0.25 * 0.25 for each question and that is the chance of guessing them. You do not add or divide them. This makes guessing your way through not a high probability at all

[Anonymous No.5512858]

>>5512845
>She just does it to stir up drama. She finds it amusing, I think.
Evidence points the other way. Why should I trust you more than her?

>She was very hypocritical to make such comments, because it is actually her who is promiscuous, not me.
Oh really? How is she promiscuous? Way to make up lies about your roommate.

[Anonymous No.5512854]

>>5512837
>I have had a good education

You didn't even pass high school.

[Anonymous No.5512855]

>>5512845
Perhaps she was of her meds, you should remind her to take all the pills both in the morning and also in the night.

[Anonymous No.5512861]

>>5512846
>You do not add or divide them.
Where is your proof?

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512859]

>>5512850
What did I say that was incorrect or uneducated?

[Anonymous No.5512860]

is /sci/ really replying this much to some retarded tripfag troll?

[Anonymous No.5512864]

>>5512847
Do not refer to an interesting mathematics problem as "copypasta".

[Anonymous No.5512867]

>>5512860

[Anonymous No.5512871]

>>5512853
Why? She actively contributes here, you shitpost. Guess who is more authoritative.

[Anonymous No.5512869]

>>5512860
>implying that either this thread or /sci/ in general currently has anythnig more interesting to discuss.

This thread will be gone as soon as mods notice it, might as well condencate the shitposting here.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512874]

>>5512854
How would you know?

>>5512855
It is not my place to remind her; she does not like to discuss her medication.

>>5512858
Well I have no proof, but it is not my place to talk about this kind of thing anyway.
This is not science.

[Anonymous No.5512878]

>>5512859
Look in the archive. All of your posts are effluent babble.

[Anonymous No.5512882]

>>5512874
So you admit to making up bullshit?

[Anonymous No.5512879]

>>5512869
>/sci/ in general currently has anythnig more interesting to discuss.

I could start a math thread. You can choose the topic: Calc 1 or algebra.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512880]

>>5512871
>She actively contributes here
She is rude here.
How do you think she has helped?

[Anonymous No.5512885]

>>5512874
>How would you know?
It is self-evident. A middle school kid would be able to make more insightful posts than you.

[Anonymous No.5512886]

>>5512817
>It is an unsolved problem in measure-theoretic probability theory. Nobody is trolling.
Oh god this is rich.

And whoever you are tripfag, you should not go around making yourself identifiable when saying stupid shit and badmouthing people

[Anonymous No.5512884]

>>5512874
I think it's exactly your job to do that. Who else would stop her when she forgets unless you.
You should seriously just look for a institution to put her in, it would be best for everyone.

[Anonymous No.5512889]

>>5512880
She is not rude at all. She has many notable contributions. Unlike you.

[Anonymous No.5512896]

>>5512879
>pick related

>>5512871
>EK
>usefull contribution
>pick one
I mean she can't even do middle school math and regularry fails at even zoology, and that is supposed to be her thing.
Now i don't comment what harriet contributes, but EK definitely just shitposts.

[Anonymous No.5512894]

>>5512886
>Oh god this is rich.
What does this supposed to mean, and how is it relevant to the thread?
>And whoever you are tripfag, you should not go around making yourself identifiable when saying stupid shit and badmouthing people
I am Anonymous. I do not use a tripcode. You are delusional.

[Anonymous No.5512900]

>>5512880
Unlike you she has contributed alot of OC.

[Anonymous No.5512904]

>>5512896
>I mean she can't even do middle school math
Yes she can. You are mistaking her for someone else.
>and regularry fails at even zoology
Never.
>EK definitely just shitposts.
But that's wrong.

[Anonymous No.5512908]

>>5512905

[Anonymous No.5512905]

>>5512900

>alot

[Anonymous No.5512911]

>>5512817
>It is an unsolved problem in measure-theoretic probability theory. Nobody is trolling.
Oh god this is rich.

Meant it was funny, in a good way

>And whoever you are tripfag, you should not go around making yourself identifiable when saying stupid shit and badmouthing people

Directed to the one you were replying to (if that was you)

Schaiffe or whatevs

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512914]

>>5512882
No, I admit that talking about EK is a waste of time and is not relevant here.

>>5512884
She is an adult; she can remember if for herself. She does not need me to be a nanny for her.

[Anonymous No.5512913]

>>5512904

[Anonymous No.5512921]

>>5512911
>Meant it was funny, in a good way
Mathematics should not be tainted with any emotion. Logic doesn't care about your infantile feelings.

>Schaiffe or whatevs
That is Harriet. She is our resident shitposting skank.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512922]

>>5512889
Name one.

>>5512896
>and regularly fails at even zoology
Actually, EK does very well at zoology.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512926]

>>5512900
That is not 'OC'.
That is just some girl on youtube that she is a fan of; it is not EK.

[Anonymous No.5512928]

>>5512921

>infantile feelings

Watch out, you don’t want to go tainting mathematics with your “emotions.”

[Anonymous No.5512929]

>>5512922
>Actually, EK does very well at zoology.

[Anonymous No.5512930]

>>5512922
see
>>5512913
The few times a thread has touched zoology, she failed miserably at even basic facts that a physics student knows.

[Anonymous No.5512927]

>>5512913
>Do not post the following outside of /b/: Trolls, flames, racism, off-topic replies, uncalled for catchphrases, macro image replies, indecipherable text (example: "lol u tk him 2da bar|?"), anthropomorphic ("furry"), grotesque ("guro"), post number GETs ("dubs"), or loli/shota pornography.

[Anonymous No.5512931]

>>5512914
Then why do you shitpost?

[Anonymous No.5512932]

>>5512922
>Name one.
Not my fault you were not here to see them.

[Anonymous No.5512936]

>>5512928
Exactly.

[Anonymous No.5512939]

>>5512914
It is very relevant. Tell us how often you get together with your "fuck buddies".

[Anonymous No.5512943]

How about OP posts his measure theoretic probability problem on stack exchange?

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512945]

>>5512929
How am I supposed to give you evidence that she is good at it?
Maybe you can ask her questions about it next time you see her posting, or something.

>>5512930
That is because writing essays and studying is very different to posting on 4chan.
Perhaps she is lazy, and sees no point in giving you a detailed answer even if she has one.

Personally, I do not see many zoology threads here.
Perhaps on /an/?
But I am not sure if EK even posts there.

[Anonymous No.5512942]

>>5512914
So you accept that EK was correct in all accounts with your anti-intellectual behaviors?

[Anonymous No.5512950]

>>5512943
Why would he want to get his account suspended?

[Anonymous No.5512952]

>>5512930
>The few times a thread has touched zoology, she failed miserably at even basic facts that a physics student knows.
Don't lie.

[Anonymous No.5512954]

>>5512945
Why would you complement someone who you claim lied about you? Way to make your position ever weaker.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512953]

>>5512931
I do not.
I think that is just your opinion.

I try to write useful and helpful posts.

>>5512932
Sometimes she helps a little. Usually I just see her get into shouting matches with trolls.

>>5512939
I already told you that I do not have any.
That is the truth.
Even if what you said was true, my sex life would still be none of your business.

>>5512942
Pardon?
EK is correct about some things. But I am not anti-intellectual, and I am fairly sure that I am more helpful here than she is.

[Anonymous No.5512958]

>>5512953
>I do not.
>denial

>I think that is just your opinion.
It is not an opinion. It is an objectively verifiable fact.

[Anonymous No.5512957]

>>5512945
>Perhaps she is lazy, and sees no point in giving you a detailed answer even if she has one.

This right here is pretty much the definition of not knowing shit and shitposting.

But hey we are all Nobel laureates and just don't bother to answer a question corretly.
If she fails with basic zoology knowledge then she doesn't know shit about zoology, that is how imageboards and namefagging work.

Still my sides are flying to distant galaxies everytime you post so just keep going.

[Anonymous No.5512964]

>>5512945
>Maybe you can ask her questions about it next time you see her posting, or something.

I did. She doesn't know shit about zoology.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512966]

>>5512954
She is still my friend.
Yes, she did lie.
But I think that she was just trying to troll some racists, or something like that.
And so she chose to use me as a fake example.

Not the best decision, but I do not think that she did it out of malice against me personally.

[Anonymous No.5512968]

>>5512953
>Sometimes she helps a little. Usually I just see her get into shouting matches with trolls.
She has never done such a thing. On the other hand you do this all the time, you stupid dumb slut. Why do you project your abhorrent character flaws onto others?

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512972]

>>5512958
>It is not an opinion. It is an objectively verifiable fact.
Oh really?
Verify it.

>>5512964
What did you ask her?

[Anonymous No.5512971]

>>5512953
>That is the truth.
It's not true at all. EK would never lie.

[Anonymous No.5512975]

>>5512953
>EK is correct about some things.
She is either correct or incorrect. Law of the excluded middle.

>But I am not anti-intellectual
Yes you are. You are an uneducated shitposter and waste time with anti-intellectual procreation.

>and I am fairly sure that I am more helpful here than she is.
Your opinions aren't facts.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512977]

>>5512971
>EK would never lie.
I know her a lot better than you do.
I assure you that she would.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512980]

>>5512975
Well, I disagree.
But if that is your opinion, then you may as well stop replying to me.

[Anonymous No.5512981]

>>5512966
>argumentum ad nauseam
You can keep telling us she didn't lie, but it will not make it more true.

[Anonymous No.5512983]

>>5512972
It is your burden of proof. She is more educated and less of a shitposter. She is also your roommate. By Occam's razor we can assume she is correct.

[Anonymous No.5512987]

>>5512980
>Well, I disagree.
This is the science and math board. Opinions can go to >>>/b/ >>>/x/.
>But if that is your opinion, then you may as well stop replying to me.
I do not have any opinion. What I state are facts.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512991]

>>5512981
But she did lie!
I would never choose to have 'fuckbuddies'.
She is just trying to damage my reputation because she dislikes me being here.
But what she said is still not true.

[Anonymous No.5512992]

>>5512977
>I know her a lot better than you do.
How do you know this?

>I assure you that she would.
You are lying to cover up what she has told us about you. It won't help.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5512995]

>>5512983
>She is more educated
I would say that she is equally educated;.
Why do you think she is better educated than I am?

>She is also your roommate.
Housemate, actually.
We have our own separate bedrooms.

>By Occam's razor we can assume she is correct.
That makes no logical sense. How can you possibly come to that conclusion?

[Anonymous No.5512996]

>>5512991
>But what she said is still not true.
[citation needed]

[Anonymous No.5513000]

>>5512991
>But she did lie! I would never choose to have 'fuckbuddies'.
You are promiscuous and uneducated. Individuals with these traits usually crave intercourse. It makes perfect sense.
>She is just trying to damage my reputation because she dislikes me being here.
I agree. Shitposters deserve to have their reputation damaged.

[Anonymous No.5512998]

>infantile
>anti-intellectualism

Can we stop this please? I'm pretty sure nobody in /sci/ jas ever cared to learn what the second word actually means

Also, Harriet, why do you keep posting here? What do you hope to accomplish by doing so? Nobody cares about what you have to say and the only thing you do is badmouth your flatmate, something you could do anywhere on the web.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5513008]

>>5512992
Well she should not have even said that; we agreed not to talk about each other here.
Obviously I know her better than you do because I live with her, and I have read almost all of her posts here.

And why would I bother to lie?
You do not know me; what would it matter to me if you think I am a slut?
I know that I am not.

She definitely should not have said that.

[Anonymous No.5513011]

>>5512995
>I would say that she is equally educated;.
That is an opinion. And it's wrong.
>Why do you think she is better educated than I am?
Her posts contain intellectual science and math contents while none of yours do.

>That makes no logical sense. How can you possibly come to that conclusion?
>Reputable /sci/ tripfag calls her shitposting housemate out for being an uneducated slut, therefore offering an explanation on why she is such a shitposter
>Reptuable /sci/ tripfag resorts to "trolling" for the sole purpose of conspiring against her housemate

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5513013]

>>5512998
>Nobody cares about what you have to say and the only thing you do is badmouth your flatmate, something you could do anywhere on the web.
I am not badmouthing her. It is her who was saying bad things about me; not the other way around.
She is my friend, and I would never say bad things about her for no reason.

[Anonymous No.5513024]

>>5513008
>Well she should not have even said that; we agreed not to talk about each other here.
With a simple application of inference we could obtain the same story. EK merely offered a confirmation.

> I have read almost all of her posts here.
You obviously have not, because then you would reach the conclusion that she is a better, more reputable poster than you.

>And why would I bother to lie?
Because you are a troll.

>You do not know me; what would it matter to me if you think I am a slut?
I already explained this. See >>5513000

>She definitely should not have said that.
Why not? It explains a lot.

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5513029]

>>5513011
>That is an opinion. And it's wrong.
No it is not. We were in secondary school together before university, and even though she did slightly better than I did, we still received the same level of education.
We started university at the same time; our level of education is exactly the same.

>Her posts contain intellectual science and math contents while none of yours do.
I have made useful posts that have had good scientific and mathematical content. Some of EKs have as well, but she sometimes trolls, whereas I, do not.

>Reputable /sci/ tripfag calls her shitposting housemate out for being an uneducated slut, therefore offering an explanation on why she is such a shitposter
This is ridiculous. I am not having this conversation.

[Anonymous No.5513042]

>>5513013
>>>5512998
So what, why are you here talking shit about her if you are her (shitty) friend? Why do you care what a bunch of anonymous users think about you? If you have a problem with her CONFRONT her about ot but don't flood this board with your stupid drama

[Schaiffe !zribfvVT8o No.5513047]

>>5513042
I already confronted her about this and she could not remember making the post.
I searched for it in the archives but the archives were not recording data during the time when she made the post, and so it is missing.

>but don't flood this board with your stupid drama
Yes, you are right.
Sorry, I am done.

[Anonymous No.5513073]

>>5513029
>We started university at the same time; our level of education is exactly the same.
Except you dropped out of freshman year, while she excelled and self-studied many distinct topics. We are kind enough to have her here to share her knowledge. I learned much about the mathematical concept of limits from her lectures.

>I have made useful posts that have had good scientific and mathematical content.
Show me one. Oh wait, you can't.

>Some of EKs have as well, but she sometimes trolls, whereas I, do not.
She never trolls.

>This is ridiculous.
The only ridiculous thing here is your level of promiscuity and lack of education.

>I am not having this conversation.
Way to quit after being thoroughly disproved.

[Anonymous No.5513074]

jesus fuck guys why do you even post on this thread!

[Anonymous No.5513075]

>>5513047
What kind of brain damage do you have?

[Anonymous No.5513079]

wouldn't the probability of randomly answering a question with 4 choices be 25%

[Anonymous No.5513084]

1/3 is not 33.34% because .333... is not .4 because .9999... is not 1.

Jesus, that's simple calculus, OP.

[Anonymous No.5513087]

>>5513079
Yes, outraging isnt it?

[Anonymous No.5513088]

>>5513087
not really. is /sci/ really that boring these days

[Anonymous No.5513093]

>>5513084
wat