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Every “personality quiz” I took for the military I “popped” on and had to talk to a psych doc. After the third time, having no history of killing animals as a c

Every “personality quiz” I took for the military I “popped” on and had to talk to a psych doc. After the third time, having no history of killing animals as a child or other aberrant behavior, I asked the doc, “why am I here?” “Your answers were too normal, indicating you’re hiding something” Can’t win with these guys hahahaha

Jugurtha 6y ago
I remember an exam in our probability class. Bayes, and all. The problem gave the probability of hitting a rabbit, but asked to compute the probability of killing the rabbit given certain premises. I answered that there was no way to know, given that hitting the animal and killing the animal were not the same thing. Semantics matter. One of the professors was really into that debate (during the exam) and said I was right. The other said "What are you talking about... It's a rabbit". I asked what if I hit the rabbit in its tail or foot. He said "It's a rabbit", then curved his hand to mime a rabbit's foot, and said "if you hit the rabbit here, he'll die". I said what's the probability of the rabbit dying given you hit the foot? The other professor taunted him saying I was technically right. Anyway... I wrote that, for the exam, we'll consider that any hit is considered lethal, then proceeded to answer the question.
- goatinaboat 6y ago
  what's the probability of the rabbit dying given you hit the foot? A rabbit who can’t run is easy prey for a fox or a buzzard so... pretty high?
  - pavel_lishin 6y ago
    The probability of any rabbit dying is 100%, eventually.
  - toast0 6y ago
    The probability of a rabbit dying is 1. Can't change that. Depends which foot then, I suppose. Probably a rabbit missing a rear foot is going to have a real hard time getting around, but one missing a front foot may be better able to adapt. We'll probably need to do a study to know for sure.
    - goatinaboat 6y ago
      The probability of a rabbit dying is 1. Can't change that. Right, I mean as a direct result of your hit, not in old age of myxomatosis, having had many baby bunnies To avenge him
  - Jugurtha 6y ago
    That came up in the "debate" when I was explaining my position :-D
cutemonster 6y ago
What questions did the psych doc ask? (Apparently included something about your childhood and animals?)

Jugurtha 6y ago

I remember an exam in our probability class. Bayes, and all. The problem gave the probability of hitting a rabbit, but asked to compute the probability of killing the rabbit given certain premises. I answered that there was no way to know, given that hitting the animal and killing the animal were not the same thing. Semantics matter. One of the professors was really into that debate (during the exam) and said I was right. The other said "What are you talking about... It's a rabbit". I asked what if I hit the rabbit in its tail or foot. He said "It's a rabbit", then curved his hand to mime a rabbit's foot, and said "if you hit the rabbit here, he'll die". I said what's the probability of the rabbit dying given you hit the foot? The other professor taunted him saying I was technically right. Anyway... I wrote that, for the exam, we'll consider that any hit is considered lethal, then proceeded to answer the question.

goatinaboat 6y ago
what's the probability of the rabbit dying given you hit the foot? A rabbit who can’t run is easy prey for a fox or a buzzard so... pretty high?
- pavel_lishin 6y ago
  The probability of any rabbit dying is 100%, eventually.
- toast0 6y ago
  The probability of a rabbit dying is 1. Can't change that. Depends which foot then, I suppose. Probably a rabbit missing a rear foot is going to have a real hard time getting around, but one missing a front foot may be better able to adapt. We'll probably need to do a study to know for sure.
  - goatinaboat 6y ago
    The probability of a rabbit dying is 1. Can't change that. Right, I mean as a direct result of your hit, not in old age of myxomatosis, having had many baby bunnies To avenge him
- Jugurtha 6y ago
  That came up in the "debate" when I was explaining my position :-D

cutemonster 6y ago

What questions did the psych doc ask? (Apparently included something about your childhood and animals?)