I asked the thing that answers everything, the collected wisdom of mankind in its present state, maybe it's the way I asked, but the font of wisdom returned 3 results and that is strikingly low.
Allie, you have a point. Maybe the Professor is being all hyper-intellectual here, showing that the polling process itself is silly.
But the market does not work that way in the real world, with real people from all backgrounds. People take polls seriously, somehow. "What does your neighbor think?" is a question that influences neighbors. Mob-think results.
I hate stupid polls. Insofar as they reduce the perceived value of polling, they serve a porpoise. But mostly, these days, polls encourage mob-think.
Allie, you have a point. Maybe the Professor is being all hyper-intellectual here, showing that the polling process itself is silly.
But the market does not work that way in the real world, with real people from all backgrounds. People take polls seriously, somehow. "What does your neighbor think?" is a question that influences neighbors. Mob-think results.
I hate stupid polls. Insofar as they reduce the perceived value of polling, they serve a porpoise. But mostly, these days, polls encourage mob-think.
I asked the thing that answers everything, the collected wisdom of mankind in its present state, maybe it's the way I asked, but the font of wisdom returned 3 results and that is strikingly low.
Three is low? That's odd, my Magic 8-ball only ever returns one answer at a time.
True Story: A couple years ago, my son, who was about 5 at the time, came across his first Magic 8-ball. He tried about 6 different questions, two of which were immediately verifiable, which it got right, two more which were verifiable, which it said ask again later, and two which were not verifiable. My son was quite impressed with the results. His question for me: What's the technology behind this?
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22 comments:
Have you seen the squirrel eating the catnip?
Why do you post polls like this? They seem to dumb down.
Bob, get a sense of humor.
Tree Rat, crazy, surely you jest?
We have catnip in the yard — for purely ornamental reasons.
Catnip. Uh huh. Suuuuure.
"Bob, get a sense of humor."
He needs to eat some catnip.
I asked the thing that answers everything, the collected wisdom of mankind in its present state, maybe it's the way I asked, but the font of wisdom returned 3 results and that is strikingly low.
[+catnip +squirrels]
Might be good in Chip Ahoy's salmon salad.
Allie, you have a point. Maybe the Professor is being all hyper-intellectual here, showing that the polling process itself is silly.
But the market does not work that way in the real world, with real people from all backgrounds. People take polls seriously, somehow. "What does your neighbor think?" is a question that influences neighbors. Mob-think results.
I hate stupid polls. Insofar as they reduce the perceived value of polling, they serve a porpoise. But mostly, these days, polls encourage mob-think.
Your served porpoise on a pole?
It's not the catnip. The squirrel in into New Age, or maybe Mormonism.
{/Crack Emcee}
Bob, I think that porpoise may not be as delicious as salmon. It think it's a poll meant just for having fun, nice change.
I think that catnip will indeed make a squirrel bat shit crazy.
Chip, no, I go for the ginger-soy glazed version.
Bob Ellison said...
Allie, you have a point. Maybe the Professor is being all hyper-intellectual here, showing that the polling process itself is silly.
But the market does not work that way in the real world, with real people from all backgrounds. People take polls seriously, somehow. "What does your neighbor think?" is a question that influences neighbors. Mob-think results.
I hate stupid polls. Insofar as they reduce the perceived value of polling, they serve a porpoise. But mostly, these days, polls encourage mob-think.
In that case, you are going to appreciate this piece.
edutcher, thanks; that is an interesting article.
If you liked that, you might love Tim Groseclose's book, Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind.
All squirrels are crazy.
Chip Ahoy said...
I asked the thing that answers everything, the collected wisdom of mankind in its present state, maybe it's the way I asked, but the font of wisdom returned 3 results and that is strikingly low.
Three is low? That's odd, my Magic 8-ball only ever returns one answer at a time.
True Story: A couple years ago, my son, who was about 5 at the time, came across his first Magic 8-ball. He tried about 6 different questions, two of which were immediately verifiable, which it got right, two more which were verifiable, which it said ask again later, and two which were not verifiable. My son was quite impressed with the results. His question for me: What's the technology behind this?
The Obama campaign has spent the last four years specially training these squirrels for the sole purpose of distracting you from the economy.
I really hate to be this way, but one observation doesn't even establish correlation.
A controlled experiment might make for some amusing video, though.
What evidence is there that your squirrels were sane before the introduction of catnip into the system?
Squirrels just want to have fun.
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