Love and Cheating

[Gamine]

This may have been thrashed about,

but i got into a talk with a friend recently who agrees with me

and many others who didn't because i came to this mathematical conclusion;

If A=Love and B=Cheating
Then, P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B).

What do you guys think?

 

[goatzilla8463]

my head hurts

 

[ThePoodonkis]

What's the P stand for?

Also, isn't that an actual math property?

 

[Fairee]

I haven't done maths in a long time (thankfully). A more detailed explanation may make more sense.

 

[Agayek]

It's ProbStats. P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) simply means the probability of one or both being true is equal to the sum of the probability of either individually being true.

 

[ix_tab]

Math will never hug you in the middle of the night, or hold your hair whilst you throw up, or tolerate your laziness.

Therefore it cannot understand love.

 

[goatzilla8463]

I think you are a geek and will never know love thus not have the chance to cheat.

you talking to me?

 

[ace_of_something]

I suck at algebra. What's the P stand for? I'm going to decide myself. The P stands for Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches.

Then, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches(Love or Cheating) = Peanutbutter and Jelly Sandwiches(Love) + Peanutbutter and Jelly sandwiches(Cheating).

Hmmm Makes sense to me.

Oh wait that means probablity doesn't it? Like so many things in life I like my way better.

 

[Sevre]

love is like Pie.

I'm sorry I had to do it.

 

[Nexus424]

This may have been thrashed about,

but i got into a talk with a friend recently who agrees with me

and many others who didn't because i came to this mathematical conclusion;

If A=Love and B=Cheating
Then, P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B).

What do you guys think?

Yeah I somewhat understands what ya gettin at but for everyone else...words please (cough)(cough)

 

[Trivun]

I do Maths at degree level, studying for a BSc. I'm almost finished with the second statistics module for this year. I still have no clue what you're talking about.

How can love be applied to a mathematical formula? It's true that sooner or later everything boils down to numbers, but that's only in the physical world. In terms of feelings you can't model all that on a mathematical formula. I'm sorry, but this makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[AkJay]

what does P = ?

 

[Unusual_Bulge]

He/She's using probabilistic notation. P(X) is the probability of event X occuring.

Now if you have two events A and B

P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B)

(So the probability of one or the other occuring is the sum of their probabilities, take away the probability that they both happen at the same time. If you imagine your events as a Venn diagram you can see why this is the case.)

Now he/she wants to know if you think P(Love or Cheat) = P(Love) + P(Cheat). i.e. Is the probability of Loving someone AND cheating on them zero? i.e. Are loving someone and cheating on them mutually exclusive?

All in all a very round about way of starting a thread.

And no, I don't think you can cheat on someone and honestly say you love them.

 

[Hazy]

Math will never hug you in the middle of the night, or hold your hair whilst you throw up, or tolerate your laziness.

Therefore it cannot understand love.

This. This sums it up perfectly. Thanks ix_tab

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

You have to remember we werent in that conversation with you and youre friends. Also you cant quantify love in an X number of units, love is like Pi.

more like X/0

 

[Lukeje]

How can love be applied to a mathematical formula? It's true that sooner or later everything boils down to numbers, but that's only in the physical world. In terms of feelings you can't model all that on a mathematical formula. I'm sorry, but this makes no sense whatsoever.

Spoiler: xkcd

...and (@the OP'er) statistics isn't maths. Statistics is an entirely different subject.