(Ted Harding) wrote: > On 16-Jan-08 08:45:04, Martin Maechler wrote: > >>>>>>>"RM" == Ron Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>> on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:14:56 -0800 (PST) writes: >> >> RM> Hi all, >> RM> Can anyone tell me why I am getting different results in >>calculating SD of 2 numbers ? >> >> >> (1.25-0.95)/2 >> RM> [1] 0.15 >> >> sd(c(1.25, 0.95)) >> RM> [1] 0.2121320 # why it is different from 0.15? >> >>because 1 is different from 2 ! >>If 2 was 1, than sqrt(2) == 1 as well, but actually I don't >>think the universe and we all would exist in that case .... >>Martin Maechler, ETH > > > Of course we would!! -- Since FALSE implies X is TRUE for any X. > > But FALSE would also imply that X is FALSE, so you are entitled > to your view as well, Martin. > Then again, as pi might have been equal to 1 prior to the Big Bang, I see no reason why sqrt(2) shouldn't have been equal to 1 as well. After all, in those days we were all one...
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