Racial Demographics on the Board

[CrustyJeep]

mathematically impossible to be 1/3 anything :flipoff:

Not if you use a number base that's divisible by 3 :flipoff:

 

[wentz912]

I am 1/3 sure he doesn't care. :redneck:

I'll see your third and raise you to saying I'm 2/3 sure he doesn't care. :kiss:

 

[wentz912]

Not if you use a number base that's divisible by 3 :flipoff:

I'm pretty sure 2 isn't.

 

[Boonie Buster]

I'm racist. :awesomework:

 

[ZedMikey]

I'm pretty sure 2 isn't.

Sure it is. 2 can be divided by 3 just fine. :D When did this become a math thread?

 

[wentz912]

Sure it is. 2 can be divided by 3 just fine. :D When did this become a math thread?

I think my head just exploded. :eeek:

 

[CrustyJeep]

I'm pretty sure 2 isn't.

Well I'm pretty sure you're wrong.

And it isn't mathematically impossible, it just physically impossible to express an infinite number of repeating decimal places. Base 3 numbering wouldn't have the same problem with 1/3. It would just have it with 1/2 :flipoff:

 

[ZedMikey]

2/3 = .6666(etc.)... I didn't say it produced an integer. Just that it could be divided by 3. :redneck:

 

[TreeClimber]

mathematically impossible to be 1/3 anything :flipoff:

Actually, it's quite possible.

Go back to when you had 64 great-great-great-grandparents.

21 of them are Martians
21 of them are Venutians
22 of them are Earthlings.

Mathamatically, it's insignificant from your numbers.

 

[JeepNgurl]

Indonesian, Dutch, Irish, Italian pretty much sums it up :D

 

[ZedMikey]

Well I'm pretty sure you're wrong.

And it isn't mathematically impossible, it just physically impossible to express an infinite number of repeating decimal places. Base 3 numbering wouldn't have the same problem with 1/3. It would just have it with 1/2 :flipoff:

Wentz was saying that a person cannot be 1/3 of anything racially... because we don't have 3 parents. Only 2, so everything ends up in multiples of 1/2... you can be 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 3/8, etc... but not 1/3.

Without an infinite number of generations, at least... but infinite series are another story entirely.

 

[ZedMikey]

Actually, it's quite possible.

Go back to when you had 64 great-great-great-grandparents.

21 of them are Martians
21 of them are Venutians
22 of them are Earthlings.

Mathamatically, it's insignificant from your numbers.

That would be 21/64, 21/64, and 11/32... not 1/3. :cool:

 

[CrustyJeep]

Wentz was saying that a person cannot be 1/3 of anything racially... because we don't have 3 parents. Only 2, so everything ends up in multiples of 1/2... you can be 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 3/8, etc... but not 1/3.

Without an infinite number of generations, at least... but infinite series are another story entirely.

Oh. That. Darn it :rasta:

 

[wentz912]

Well I'm pretty sure you're wrong.

And it isn't mathematically impossible, it just physically impossible to express an infinite number of repeating decimal places. Base 3 numbering wouldn't have the same problem with 1/3. It would just have it with 1/2 :flipoff:

The way I was looking at is since everyone has only two biological parents, using a base of two, results in never being able to achieve 1/3 of any sort of heritage.

If someone can providea scenario that proves me wrong I'd like to see it.

 

[Not Jobless]

I added european as thats my background.

How many generations ago?

 

[Not Jobless]

Where's the option for being a red blooded proud American?

 

[CrustyJeep]

Where's the option for being a red blooded proud American?

That's in the "Cultural Demographic" thread.

 

[Boonie Buster]

mathematically impossible to be 1/3 anything :flipoff:

Not unless your mother was participating in a threesome at the time of your conception. :awesomework:

 

[ZedMikey]

Not unless your mother was participating in a threesome at the time of your conception. :awesomework:

Still 1 sperm, 1 ovum. :fawkdancesmiley:

 

[Ty.]

What do you check if both of your parents are white, but you came out black?:scratchhead:

 

[Boonie Buster]

Still 1 sperm, 1 ovum. :fawkdancesmiley:

Not in all cases....:eeek:

 

[MarcW]

1/4 alaskan native. 1/4 scott, 1/2 irish.

 

[CrustyJeep]

Not unless your mother was participating in a threesome at the time of your conception. :awesomework:

I thought maybe you were onto something, but Google says no. In the rare event that two sperm fuse with one egg, or in the even rarer event that two sperm from two different men fuse with one egg, the result is "semi-identical twins".

 

[CrustyJeep]

What do you check if both of your parents are white, but you came out black?:scratchhead:

Kick you mom in the ****?

 

[Boonie Buster]

I thought maybe you were onto something, but Google says no. In the rare event that two sperm fuse with one egg, or in the even rarer event that two sperm from two different men fuse with one egg, the result is "semi-identical twins".

hmmm, interesting.:eeek:

EDIT: But wait! so it can happen that two sperm can inseminate a single egg, correct?! So for example, a full blood black and a full blood indian, can inseminate one egg of a full blood asian and have a mix of 3 then, correct?! or am I off on my NWW Theory?! :redneck:

 

[PUO-BANNED]

1/4 alaskan native. 1/4 scott, 1/2 irish.

and here I thought your white pastyness was because you were a westsider :eeek:

 

[CrustyJeep]

hmmm, interesting.:eeek:

EDIT: But wait! so it can happen that two sperm can inseminate a single egg, correct?! So for example, a full blood black and a full blood indian, can inseminate one egg of a full blood asian and have a mix of 3 then, correct?! or am I off on my NWW Theory?! :redneck:

No, apparently the embryo always splits when this happens. The result is semi-identical twins that share only the mother's DNA.

You'd get a Black/Asian mix and an Indian/Asian mix.

 

[ZedMikey]

No, apparently the embryo always splits when this happens. The result is semi-identical twins that share only the mother's DNA.

You'd get a Black/Asian mix and an Indian/Asian mix.

Aye... it is not possible for the embryo to have DNA made up from more than two people. The DNA just doesn't combine like that...

 

[TrashJeeper]

What do you check if both of your parents are white, but you came out black?:scratchhead:

Deeper shade of cracker?

seriously, is this poll so we know what racial slurs to throw at eachother when we're out drinkin and having a good time?

I'm actually a web wheelin american, ya bunch o haters:redneck:

 

[CrustyJeep]

I'm actually a web wheelin american, ya bunch o haters:redneck:

Honky.