tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post4300784807332433029..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: The Rite of Confirmation BiasZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-54771890571510370482009-07-01T13:04:02.186-07:002009-07-01T13:04:02.186-07:00Note that φ is very close to the conversion factor...Note that φ is very close to the conversion factor for miles to kilometers (1.609). Perhaps this could be used as a justification for the US to finally adopt a real system of measurement?<br /><br />(A friend of mine recently made the following amusing observation: <i>Fibonacci's sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, etc.) can be used as a quick way to convert miles to kilometres, and vice versa. I mean, assuming you have Fibonacci's sequence memorised up to the number you need, and the number you want to convert happens to be one of those numbers.</i> )Theo Brominehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078583453130339726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-82879951685173024232009-07-01T10:40:55.329-07:002009-07-01T10:40:55.329-07:00I'm a good old Lutheran schismatic, but still ...I'm a good old Lutheran schismatic, but still confirmed. Never been much of an individual ...<br /><br /><br />Funny - looking at your examples, the exact φ looks less attractive to me than the -5% and +10%.Jens Knudsen (Sili)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14078875730565068352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-47307632137798747552009-07-01T06:05:15.925-07:002009-07-01T06:05:15.925-07:00They'd stopped with the slap by the time I was...They'd stopped with the slap by the time I was confirmed fifteen years ago in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. But I heard about how they used to do it from a friend of the family, who also told this one anecdote.<br /><br />It seems that where she grew up in Rhode Island, the catechumens would kneel at the rail (pre-VatII) and His Excellency would go down the row giving the girls a tap and the boys a rather hefty whack with some follow-through. One mischievous boy, however, got it in his head that when his turn came he'd duck. And so when the time came he ducked and the swat sailed over his head. However, His Excellency was not entirely amused and, without dropping a beat, held his ground and his hand at the end of the follow-through. When the kid thought the danger had passed, he raised his head again, at which point came the waiting backhand, which threw him backwards into the front pew. Nobody tried ducking again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com