You can probably get to 99.9% accuracy by just saying "none of those guys run a worm farm" every time.
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I was assuming it wasn't a setup.
and it wouldnt be. the chances of 1 of 10 randomly picked individuals running a worm farm is very low.
They never said random.
I was assuming that most scenarios where you're asked to spot the worm farmer are bogus.
That's just what Big Worm wants you to think.
they never said a preselected group either. ah the ambiguities of the english language =)
They did, it’s implied, heavily.
Asking “which one” means one is.
It’s not ambiguous, you just missed important detials.
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A lineup (like a police lineup) is exactly that. One is the suspect and the rest are there to ensure that you can accurately identify the actual suspect to be used later in court.
You realize that a police line is literally random selection (including the perp) right? thats kind of the point. There is no guarentee that the 'perp' is the actual criminal despite the officers or the witnesses opinions on the matter.
"Literally a random selection except for the person not randomly selected"
Lol you have to be joking, right?
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You're right to point out that the alleged perpetrator might not in fact be related to the case. You're wrong to call at least this one person random, police doesn't always appoints the perpetrator at random
You're right to point out that the alleged perpetrator might not in fact be related to the case.
That person still isn’t randomly selected, they are selected because they look similar to the suspected perp.
This person is thinking they’ll just grab anyone walking in front of the police station, that’s just wrong on every level.
That person still isn’t randomly selected
And this is exactly what I said
police doesn’t always appoints the perpetrator at random
they (and people like yourself) believe they do, but errors in information/how they interpret information that led to the selection of any given individual makes even the perp brought in by the police potentially random.
the 'intent' of the police is immaterial to the facts of how the process actually unfolds. when your high confidence witness' produce a 12.5% error rate on a line up between 6-8 people. you are literally in the realm of a coin toss. in that study the %ages for when the witness selected a filler were worse than random.
now agreeably the police are often essentially running a drakes equation for selecting the perp. but thats still entirely reliant on the quality of the information they are using for their identification. and often the line up is run early in the investigation. where they may only have eye witness information.
and since none of that information was provided by the OP you dont get to assume anything about it.
And that's why just reporting to give the right guess most of the time isn't enough. We need a full confusion matrix to evaluate any classification skill :D
In a way, isn't every farm a worm farm?
Distinctly, no, as insecticides and fungicides are still widely used and very very bad for worms.
This makes me wonder what everyone's mental image of a worm farmer looks like.
My intuitive association was Steve Urkel (I mean, the suspenders!) but a Google search suggests a more hirsute look for the average vermiculturist.
I have a worm farm.
Red wrigglers
You don't have to tell me, buddy!
The Cadillac of worms.
What are the signs of running a worm farm?
You just gotta feel it.
"Excuse me?"
"They said you just gotta feel it."
"I don't think this is what they meant."
"You don't know that.'
"Fair enough. Carry on."
(the conversation I made up in my head, now typed out for you all to share)
I should do this more often.
They just wiggle out of everything
Do I run a worm farm?
Gimme 9 other guys and OP can tell ya.
I volunteer as tribute.
Does a compost pile count?
This is very close to being oddly specific.
Plus, oddly, I agree with you.
Is it bcz most people don't run a worm farm?
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