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Lamplighter · 12-20-2011, 06:46 PM

HLJ and Z, you guy are talking to a dummy here... or a stubborn jackass.
I still don't see the difference.

I can argue that if we were measuring "a single" river,
the probability of leading digits = 1 would be skewed,
because only few rivers are 1 mile or 1,000 miles in length
compared to the number of rivers of 9 or 90 or 900 miles.
But that's a function of our definition of a "river" compared with a brook or stream.

I'll stop now, but I'm hoping someone will continue this discussion.
I'm willing to believe there is significance to this law... I just don't see it yet.

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12-20-2011, 06:46 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	HLJ and Z, you guy are talking to a dummy here... or a stubborn jackass. I still don't see the difference. I can argue that if we were measuring "a single" river, the probability of leading digits = 1 would be skewed, because only few rivers are 1 mile or 1,000 miles in length compared to the number of rivers of 9 or 90 or 900 miles. But that's a function of our definition of a "river" compared with a brook or stream. I'll stop now, but I'm hoping someone will continue this discussion. I'm willing to believe there is significance to this law... I just don't see it yet. .