People who assume they're right in an argument

Dustin · November 02, 2014, 10:26:13 PM

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g💚jira · November 02, 2014, 10:28:56 PM

Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:26:13 PM

Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:05:17 PM
Tangentially
wait what

How does that word make any sense?

Root word: Tangent

Tangent = Touching line at one point

Metaphor involved: line = subject

i.e. this is slightly relevant to the topic at hand.

Dustin · November 02, 2014, 10:30:37 PM

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g💚jira · November 02, 2014, 10:36:35 PM

Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:30:37 PM

Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:28:56 PM
Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:26:13 PM
Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:05:17 PM
Tangentially
wait what

How does that word make any sense?

Root word: Tangent

Tangent = Touching line at one point

Metaphor involved: line = subject

i.e. this is slightly relevant to the topic at hand.
In trig, tangent only means y/x

Why are you confusing me?

Silly Dusty, y/x is your trig ratio! The tangent in trig is still defined as the line which touches the unit circle at only one point

Dustin · November 02, 2014, 10:43:50 PM

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g💚jira · November 02, 2014, 10:47:04 PM

Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:43:50 PM

Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:36:35 PM
Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:30:37 PM
Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:28:56 PM
Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:26:13 PM
Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:05:17 PM
Tangentially
wait what

How does that word make any sense?

Root word: Tangent

Tangent = Touching line at one point

Metaphor involved: line = subject

i.e. this is slightly relevant to the topic at hand.
In trig, tangent only means y/x

Why are you confusing me?

Silly Dusty, y/x is your trig ratio! The tangent in trig is still defined as the line which touches the unit circle at only one point
Cosines are flat, sines are vertical, tangents are diagonal... don't they all touch the unit circle only once?

Extend the lines a bit

Dustin · November 02, 2014, 10:55:13 PM

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g💚jira · November 02, 2014, 10:57:16 PM

Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:55:13 PM

Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:47:04 PM
Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:43:50 PM
Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:36:35 PM
Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:30:37 PM
Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:28:56 PM
Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:26:13 PM
Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:05:17 PM
Tangentially
wait what

How does that word make any sense?

Root word: Tangent

Tangent = Touching line at one point

Metaphor involved: line = subject

i.e. this is slightly relevant to the topic at hand.
In trig, tangent only means y/x

Why are you confusing me?

Silly Dusty, y/x is your trig ratio! The tangent in trig is still defined as the line which touches the unit circle at only one point
Cosines are flat, sines are vertical, tangents are diagonal... don't they all touch the unit circle only once?

Extend the lines a bit

Are those lines drawn to scale? Why is the tangent so much longer than the sine and cosine?

They're lines silly! They extend ad infinitum.

Spoiler

wait a sec r u tryin 2 trol me

Dustin · November 02, 2014, 11:02:32 PM

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g💚jira · November 02, 2014, 11:07:36 PM

Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 11:02:32 PM

Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:57:16 PM
Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:55:13 PM
Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:47:04 PM
Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:43:50 PM
Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:36:35 PM
Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:30:37 PM
Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:28:56 PM
Quote from: Can't Bust the Dust on November 02, 2014, 10:26:13 PM
Quote from: GodspeedGojira! on November 02, 2014, 10:05:17 PM
Tangentially
wait what

How does that word make any sense?

Root word: Tangent

Tangent = Touching line at one point

Metaphor involved: line = subject

i.e. this is slightly relevant to the topic at hand.
In trig, tangent only means y/x

Why are you confusing me?

Silly Dusty, y/x is your trig ratio! The tangent in trig is still defined as the line which touches the unit circle at only one point
Cosines are flat, sines are vertical, tangents are diagonal... don't they all touch the unit circle only once?

Extend the lines a bit

Are those lines drawn to scale? Why is the tangent so much longer than the sine and cosine?

They're lines silly! They extend ad infinitum.

Spoiler
wait a sec r u tryin 2 trol me
I understand math better abstractly which sucks because in America we're just taught the steps to memorize certain problems which makes it hard to understand how concepts work. And idk, you're good at math and replying to me so I may as well ask these stupid questions.

Ahhh, it's fine! And no they're not stupid at all, I was just wondering based on your previous thread and the questioning style XD

Here's a more digestible link if you want a better elaboration than whatever I can muster!

Spoiler

PS I wouldn't call myself good at math, but that's inconsequential

Word Wizard · November 03, 2014, 07:04:29 AM

Quote from: Camnator on November 02, 2014, 10:18:21 PM

Quote from: Sly Instinct on November 02, 2014, 05:40:42 PM

I'm glad you're here, OneToughGuy!

No homo sapien

And was that you I saw posting a rap about me on Bungie like five days ago? Haha!

5 days ago? Nah I haven't been on b.net since the end of September. Someone must have took up the mantle once I left.

Magos Domina · November 03, 2014, 07:25:50 AM

Well there's you, OP.

More Than Mortal · November 03, 2014, 09:42:25 AM

Quote from: Naja on November 03, 2014, 07:25:50 AM

Well there's you, OP.

Not really, I just have a very absolute tone. If what you claim is true, I wouldn't have been capable of changing my mind so much over the past few years.

It just so happens that personal reflection, more than interpersonal discussion, is more often the catalyst.

Turkey · November 03, 2014, 09:49:20 AM

I think most people argue from the assumption that they're correct.

More Than Mortal · November 03, 2014, 09:52:59 AM

Quote from: E̲n̲ga̲ge̲d̲T̲u̲r̲k̲e̲y on November 03, 2014, 09:49:20 AM

I think most people argue from the assumption that they're correct.

Like I explained to Dustin, it's bad phrasing.

It's okay to think you're correct, except when you don't rely on evidence and refuse to consider the other person's viewpoint.

Rottayok · November 04, 2014, 04:41:50 PM

shank the bitch

Doctor Doom · November 04, 2014, 07:13:18 PM

Myself, admittedly. I tend to be very concluded. Some people can shift their thoughts and beliefs immediately when they lose an argument, but it's difficult for me to see anything other than what I believe as right. When somebody says something that goes against my beliefs, I don't think that it's their opinion or consider that maybe I'm incorrect - my brain just doesn't accept that, even if I'm shown evidence to the contrary. They don't have to think I'm right, but I have to think they're wrong.

Raptor the Kid (24) · November 05, 2014, 12:14:20 PM

Doesn't everyone assume they're right when they argue?

That's why people argue?