Comments on: Empirical Evidence for Distance Metrics in Counterpart Theory http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: goatchowder http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-151871 goatchowder Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:45:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/#comment-151871 Hello? Elmo has eyes ON TOP OF HIS HEAD! What's up with that? Hello? Elmo has eyes ON TOP OF HIS HEAD!

What’s up with that?

]]> By: rea http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-151811 rea Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:48:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/#comment-151811 Our 3-year-old discovers taxonomy: "We poop inside." "The cat poops inside" "The dog poops ouside." "Do dinosaurs poop outside? Our 3-year-old discovers taxonomy:

“We poop inside.”

“The cat poops inside”

“The dog poops ouside.”

“Do dinosaurs poop outside?

]]> By: eweininger http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-151641 eweininger Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:07:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/#comment-151641 <i>Okay, possibly it is now my life’s ambition to have a child who says cute things which I then hopelessly nerdify by relating them to things like distance metrics in counterpart theory. Because, as far as I’m concerned at this moment, this post is coolest thing I have encountered in a while, and I heard NPR’s Michele Norris describe a pillar of diet coke shooting up 12 feet in the air today.</i> My wife and I have been dreading the day our 6-month old pops her first tooth, since that gummy little smile is so damn cute. But now whole new vistas are unveiling themselves.... Okay, possibly it is now my life’s ambition to have a child who says cute things which I then hopelessly nerdify by relating them to things like distance metrics in counterpart theory. Because, as far as I’m concerned at this moment, this post is coolest thing I have encountered in a while, and I heard NPR’s Michele Norris describe a pillar of diet coke shooting up 12 feet in the air today.

My wife and I have been dreading the day our 6-month old pops her first tooth, since that gummy little smile is so damn cute. But now whole new vistas are unveiling themselves….

]]> By: dearieme http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-151610 dearieme Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:32:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/#comment-151610 Glad to see that you've not given up self-indulgence for Lent. Glad to see that you’ve not given up self-indulgence for Lent.

]]> By: joel turnipseed http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-151604 joel turnipseed Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:44:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/#comment-151604 Kieran, I'm more concerned that you're inflicting Lewis on us, but as to that: yes, watching the cognitive development of kids is exceptionally cool. My twenty-month old is just now getting simple binaries like "Yes" and "No" straight, but a friend of mine had a wonderful experience in counting with his four-year-old. He asked him, "If I gave you ten candies, and I took away one, how many would you have?" After some consideration, his son answered, "Nine." "And if I took away another one?" "Eight." This continued, until they got to one. At which point, my pal wondered, "Does he understand the concept of zero?" After all, the Counting Numbers don't include zero. So he asks, "And if I take away another one, then what do you have?" "One--I take it back!" Now, that's a long way from (Z) λx¬(x = x), but it represents a pretty damned good existential understanding of zero. Kieran,

I’m more concerned that you’re inflicting Lewis on us, but as to that: yes, watching the cognitive development of kids is exceptionally cool.

My twenty-month old is just now getting simple binaries like “Yes” and “No” straight, but a friend of mine had a wonderful experience in counting with his four-year-old.

He asked him, “If I gave you ten candies, and I took away one, how many would you have?”

After some consideration, his son answered, “Nine.”

“And if I took away another one?”

“Eight.”

This continued, until they got to one. At which point, my pal wondered, “Does he understand the concept of zero?” After all, the Counting Numbers don’t include zero. So he asks, “And if I take away another one, then what do you have?”

“One—I take it back!”

Now, that’s a long way from (Z) λx¬(x = x), but it represents a pretty damned good existential understanding of zero.

]]> By: Erik http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-151601 Erik Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:13:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/#comment-151601 Okay, possibly it is now my life's ambition to have a child who says cute things which I then hopelessly nerdify by relating them to things like distance metrics in counterpart theory. Because, as far as I'm concerned at this moment, this post is coolest thing I have encountered in a while, and I heard NPR's Michele Norris describe a pillar of diet coke shooting up 12 feet in the air today. Okay, possibly it is now my life’s ambition to have a child who says cute things which I then hopelessly nerdify by relating them to things like distance metrics in counterpart theory. Because, as far as I’m concerned at this moment, this post is coolest thing I have encountered in a while, and I heard NPR’s Michele Norris describe a pillar of diet coke shooting up 12 feet in the air today.

]]> By: Redshift http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-151590 Redshift Fri, 14 Apr 2006 04:32:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/13/empirical-evidence-for-distance-metrics-in-counterpart-theory/#comment-151590 For some reason, I'm reminded of my friends who back in the 80s had buttons made with a picture of Hello Kitty and the caption "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream." For some reason, I’m reminded of my friends who back in the 80s had buttons made with a picture of Hello Kitty and the caption “I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream.”

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