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> "Should we spend the first 36.8% of our adult lives dating casually, and then settle down with the first person we find who’s better than anyone we’ve dated s
by mic47 8y ago
> "Should we spend the first 36.8% of our adult lives dating casually, and then settle down with the first person we find who’s better than anyone we’ve dated so far? That would suggest men start seriously looking for a life partner at 39 — and women at 41."
The problem suggest anything like that. It suggest you should spend 36.8% of dating time (or date count) on exploring, not 36.8% of your life...
Second problem with the blog, that it just produces lot of possible issues, but does not show any example where 36.8 algorithm would fail horribly. Maybe those drawbacks does not matter in practice.
- LoSboccacc 8y agoExactly, there are no real takeaways from this article, especially since there are real applications* to the problem so it is worth exploring, even if the original example was flawed. He spend most of the time debating the exemplification without ever challenging the solution, but the example is just there to entertain the casual reader, the interesting part is the math behind. *You're on a road trip and want to refuel ok the cheapest pump in range, that satisfied the uncertainties of the original problem plus the given constraints.
- soVeryTired 8y agoThat's not a real application. You would just google gas prices. Or you would stop and ask someone.
- mic47 8y agoAssuming you've got cell coverage (or cheap roaming).