Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 > >Hi, > >I'd love to have a brain that really understands math at a deeper >level. (not a bigger math brain) Me too. Numbers got old ages ago. Playing " Simon Says " with numbers is not math. It's just arithmetic. I don't think I want to try hard >enough to learn it, either. Still, what I have learned of statistics >and probability is so great, so fascinating. > >As far as a question like: > >What are the odds of you pulling 4 cards and 3 of them being spades >and one of them being a " 2 " ? I found that my brain could grasp the >concept quite quickly. Most people don't. But the whole " z test " , " p test " and ANOVA, >stuff...I got it at the time...but it's gone now and there are harder >types of statistics that I'm sure are beyond me. Lots of great math people find this stuff difficult. I once read a cool series of letters between Pascal and Fermat in which they agreed that probability is a stumbling block for many people whom you would expect to have no problem. If you can handle what you mentioned, you are doing a lot better than most people ever will. > > >It is funny how people think that they can have a roll of good luck, >like it sticks together somehow. Like " having autism? " Does one carry the autism you " have " in a suitcase, so you can check it with the hotel and act NT until you go home? > > > >eg " I feel fortuitous that I am tall. " Would Kerry have won the nomination if he wasn't? Not that he would win AZ if he was ten feet tall, sadly. > >I can't say that I feel it is a blessing...to me a blessing is a gift, >more or less deliberate...like a reward or just a gift, not exactly >random, but based on the fact that the person wants to give you a gift. > >At any rate, there was a time when I wanted there to be a way...any >way...that could make me 2 inches shorter. I used to try to figure >out how it could be done...hmmm...cutting into leg bones...removing >sections... > >I didn't want to be 5 feet tall, but 5'6 or 5'8 " seemed like heaven >compared to 5' 10 " . I don't know. U of A has lots of women taller than you. > >There was a time when I didn't realize how much easier my life is in >many situations because I am white-ish. :-) I just took it for granted. Okay, what kind of white-ish are you? I would guess blackish-whitish? it seems that I have met a few black Camilles as taxi-fares over the last thirty three years. > >Passing for Caucasian isn't a blessing, and it isn't the result of >good luck, or bad luck. It just is...but it confers some advantages >in the situations that I usually find myself. Halle Berry would sure agree on that. > >If I were to land in the middle of a situation where there was rage >against white people...for any reason... I'd probably wish I wasn't so >pale. You missed out. 1965 and 1968 were real fun years for us whiteys!! Oh, 1992 was a picnic in L.A. too. I remember the TV reporter who interviewed some guys who called a station-wagon taxi to help loot a furniture store. Their response to his query: " Who's Rodney King? " I was a delivery driver at the time and it was a short day! >I have wasted serious amounts of energy on being jealous of people >that I shouldn't have been jealous of, and I have felt, occasionally >that people are jealous of my intellect. I don't hang out with people >who are likely be that way, though. Nor do I. > >I always thought that my ASD child's unusual set of problems was the >result of a roll of the genetic dice. I have to wonder if you have a touch of it yourself or maybe you have said something about that and I missed it? > >(people -not in my religion- have told me that God gives handicapped >children to special people .......I so do not think so.) That was what I heard in Kuwait last December. > >My other child seems to have gotten an unusually " good " roll of the >dice as far as looks and height and physical health, though it appears >that that one will deal with depression. Xe is in a much better >position than xyr father or me, to take care of xyrself in a manner >that confers more safety. But I didn't get a " healthy kid " to make >up for the " unhealthy " one. > >My ex lives on the edge of society, which can be fun, no doubt, but he >doesn't have health insurance and doesn't have much of a support >system. He's been smoking all his life, and that's just dumb. (my >moralistic judgement) He's about due for some horrible disease. My dad smoked for forty years and lived to the ripe old age of 61. So did his father. In case you are looking for more evidence to support your theory.... > >More than anyone wanted to know...I'm sure. Not me. Though maybe you would prefer feedback from someone else. Have a good 9/11, Jerry the Basher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 > I have to wonder if you have a touch of it yourself or maybe you > have said something about that and I missed it? Non-autistic people are not allowed on this list, so yes, she is autistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Clay thankyou ! for writing some things of intrestt I actually am a little polotical over here in the UK:) ill say a little polotical , because im known to fight the lack of fair educational rights. What is laid in writting is not as clear cut as it looks , as it lacks substance to follow through the guidlines supposedly set. Clay wrote: Ladybear wrote: > Hi Camille and Clay i thouroughly enjoyed reading this post > and found it of great intrest, as here in UK quite a few people > do trace their ancestory. And i agree with your comments about, > the melting pot Thanks, and the Treehouse is usually a friendly and supportive place, a fun hangout, but once in awhile somebody says something that Really has to be challenged. I get annoyed as hell when- ever a Mean comment is made to someone else. I suppose it's a hangover from my childhood, because whenever any sort of " trouble " started, then hammers would start flying into TV sets, people got hit over the head with milk bottles, or picture frames were thrown. (Mommie dearest did all that.) > People don't really say, " I'm a quarter African... " , even if > they know. With " black " the unspoken and legal rule is, " one > drop of black blood and you are black " , that's because " black > blood " is seen as a toxic thing the govt. must keep track of. A long time ago, I used to wonder, " What would it be like now if only black men had been brought over here? " Well, there just wouldn't be any blacks here now, because at the time, there would have been no intermarriage or intercourse between the races. And if only black women had been brought over, there Still wouldn't be any discernible black people here, because their genes would be so thoroughly mixed into the population, after 10 to 20 generations. From a genetic standpoint, we'd all be stronger, having added the genes of another race, which is a good thing. From a political standpoint, we'd all be weaker, because their presence continually compels us to live up to the ideals of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, which calls for freedom and equality for Everyone. Eventually, we'll have both advantages. Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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