TomOfTTB

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by TomOfTTB 18y ago
OK, the points you highlighted don't really disprove what I said. His thesis is built around the idea that there must be an irrational reason for certain people to vote Republican. He then goes out in search of that reason and the bulk of
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by TomOfTTB 18y ago
I did read the whole article and I don't see anything that contradicts what I said. Do you have an actual concrete example of what it is you refer to?
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by TomOfTTB 18y ago
For the record, I read it fully and he's completely right. The conclusion the author draws don't seem to in any way be supported by the data he collects. In fact, in many places the evidence he collects could very well disprove his theory
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by TomOfTTB 18y ago
First, let me just say that I do think this is inappropriate for Hacker News. That said, the article is ridiculous. Here, in a nutshell, is why... The author in his very first sentence disproves his own theory by saying... What makes peop
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by TomOfTTB 18y ago
Well, I guess my question to you would be: What would prove it to you? The position you seem to have taken right now is that you believe no metric exists and no matter who says there is one you won't believe it. eHarmony has shown several r
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by TomOfTTB 18y ago
The success rate of a eHarmony.com would seem to disagree with you. In fact I’d argue that the field of mathematics in general disagrees with you. Time and time we find that mathematics can determine things that we never dreamed it could.
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by TomOfTTB 18y ago
No big deal really, it led to an interesting comment thread so that’s worth something.
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by TomOfTTB 18y ago
Well first, thanks for posting this. Always nice to know someone enjoyed a post. On what you said... The big problem with the matching humans from what I can gather talking to people who try pure software solutions, is the lack of ground-
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by TomOfTTB 18y ago
Hey Ben, I wrote the post in question and I actually registered with Hacker News for the first time just to reply to you. As far as your comment goes, I apologize in advance for being harsh, but get over yourself. Being aloof might be cool