WHY IS EVERY THIRD THREAD ABOUT RELIGION?

Pareto only observed that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population, and that was one hundred fifty years ago. It could just as easily be true that 80% of results are caused by 10% of causes, rather than 20%. People just like it because it adds up to 100%, and they falsely correlate cause and effect to suit their thesis which they set out to prove, not to test.

The so-called "Pareto principle" is one of the most statistically absurd theories currently being peddled in the American business community. But, after all, there's one born every minute . . .


See how idiotically you attempted to apply it to whether or not threads in R & S are started by the "non-religious?" It's a specious idea.

I already did that, Intrepid, but you apparently have ignored that.

Your sample is invalid, it does not restrict itself to the R & S forum, which was the basis of the contention.

It also does not identify all thread authors, and it is silent upon what putative religious affiliation of those authors.

You're even more clueless about statistics than Husker.

Here ya go Husker, Wikipedia's article on Pareto's principle is a rare online example of a link on the subject which isn't tryin' to sucker ya into buying somebody's line of crap . . .

I did not state that Husker's post was idiotic, just the attempted correlation--but it doesn't surprise me to see Intrepid interpret it that way, he likes to start trouble.

How do you consider that a personal attack, Husker? Is no one allowed to disagree with your?

I did not state that Husker's post was idiotic, just the attempted correlation--but it doesn't surprise me to see Intrepid interpret it that way, he likes to start trouble.

How do you consider that a personal attack, Husker? Is no one allowed to disagree with your?

Now even Im posting about religion. Face it people, Im pretty sure that we made God up to keep us from freaking out at the concept of being alone with a finite life. The whole concept seems good enough for the Jews, so why cant the Christians of the A2k family just live a good life , keep their rules and SHUT UP.

Setanta wrote:

Here ya go Husker, Wikipedia's article on Pareto's principle is a rare online example of a link on the subject which isn't tryin' to sucker ya into buying somebody's line of crap . . .

find some place else Wikipedia is an antithesis

I do beg your pardon, i saw the trapped miners thread, and mistook it for another thread on that topic which did not appear in R & S. You still have provided no break-down on the putative religious belief of the authors.

I pointed out that on the nine threads appearing on page one of new posts at that time stamp, six were by self-professed christians: vol_fan06, hephzibah, waitingforhim, azure, partyjohn and Neologist. Do you deny that these members are self-professed christians? Without that information, your "sample" is not a valid analysis of the contention that the majority of threads in R & S are started by the non-religious, which is the ludicrous thesis we deal with here.

Setanta wrote:

I did not state that Husker's post was idiotic, just the attempted correlation--but it doesn't surprise me to see Intrepid interpret it that way, he likes to start trouble.

How do you consider that a personal attack, Husker? Is no one allowed to disagree with your?

I found it personal as well - find a different way to say it - then no problem

husker wrote:

Setanta wrote:

I did not state that Husker's post was idiotic, just the attempted correlation--but it doesn't surprise me to see Intrepid interpret it that way, he likes to start trouble.

How do you consider that a personal attack, Husker? Is no one allowed to disagree with your?

I found it personal as well - find a different way to say it - then no problem

No, when something which is said or written is idiotic, it it personally reasonable to state as much. So i don't intend to take orders from you. I've never characterized you as an idiot. I am willing to characterize any idiotic contention i see as idiotic. Get over it.

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MOAN, that's a perfect example of the fallacy of the enumeration of favorable circumstances. You have a seletive sample, not a comprehensive one.

Unlike you, I would rather not label the posters as to their beliefs.

However I would say that at least 55% of my list are non religious. This list was not a random sampling...it was a list of the past 36 threads.

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Now even Im posting about religion. Face it people, Im pretty sure that we made God up to keep us from freaking out at the concept of being alone with a finite life. The whole concept seems good enough for the Jews, so why cant the Christians of the A2k family just live a good life , keep their rules and SHUT UP.

Well Farmerman,

It could just as easily be said by the "christians", I'm pretty sure that people deny God because they don't want to take responsibility for the bad things they do. So by denying God's existence they are free to do whatever they wish with a clear conscience. So why can't the non-christians of A2K just live a good life, don't follow any rules, and shut up.

However, what's the point of that? If there were never any opposing opinions. There would never be anything to debate.