Well, this was an interesting thread, I will definitely have to follow some of the math concepts mentioned above. My response was at least partly flippant, as I do not think humans are quite that easy to model, but I do appreciate the fact that some people at least pretended to take it seriously for the sake of FriAm. It is a good cause.
Steve, sorry my sentence was not clear to you. It is something that I have experienced from both sides a lot recently, to the point that I wonder whether, in the few times it seems I have communicated well, whether it was all just a fantastic coincidence, where my perception that the other person understood me (or vice versa) was just another concept subject to misinterpretation. More likely, though, it is just an indicator that I need to pay more attention to listening and editing. For those who enjoy being more evasive with meaning, who like constructing unlikely sentences (as I and I suspect some of you do), I found an interesting site: quadrivialquandary.com Doug, I gladly accept the honour of Sentence of the Year, although I have not paid sufficient attention for the past 9 months to confirm this, and there are still some months to go. Since this is the double distinction of apparently being the first to receive this award at least<https://www.google.com/webhp?q=friam+%22sentence+of+the+year> under that name, I would like to reciprocate by admiring the prodigious one-liner delivered not three emails after mine. Thank you. -Arlo James Barnes
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