Average Age on PF: What's the Answer?

  • Thread starter Char. Limit
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In summary, the average age on PF is 20, but there are a lot of people older than that and a lot of people younger than that.

How old are you?

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  • #71
That's still amazing.

Are there any other cats like you?
 
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  • #72
FtlIsAwesome said:
That's still amazing.

Are there any other cats like you?

Oh, of course. We're all like this. We just let you think that you're in power. It's amusing, really.
 
  • #73
Char. Limit said:
Oh, of course. We're all like this. We just let you think that you're in power. It's amusing, really.
Ah, something like the movie Cats & Dogs.

What about the other animals?
 
  • #74
FtlIsAwesome said:
Ah, something like the movie Cats & Dogs.

What about the other animals?

Never trust the squirrels... especially red ones. :smile:

@Char: Well remember, "Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back."
 
  • #75
36yo.
 
  • #76
What if the cat is curious but isn't satisfied?
 
  • #77
FtlIsAwesome said:
What if the cat is curious but isn't satisfied?

Meooo- *crack*

...

Dead Cat.


"Old enough to know better but young enough to not care I get active - might slap a <rhymes with 'switch'> with my hair! Left coast up top I bang that [skit] My sparkling wine'll pop Cristal on her lip. Cain't stop, won't stop gettin my bread. Pack arenas and coliseums now watch me shred"
 
  • #78
I made a crude graph of the bimodal distribution we have here. I checked, and the integral over R of this function IS 1, so it's a proper pdf. And I think it's pretty interesting.

wolframalpha-20110326190842211.gif
 
  • #79
45-54 seems to have the most mentors (4).
 
  • #80
FtlIsAwesome said:
45-54 seems to have the most mentors (4).

Young enough to be on the cusp of wisdom, but young enough to avoid decrepitude. *runs*
 
  • #81
nismaratwork said:
@Char: Well remember, "Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back."

I thought Schrodinger killed* the cat?



*(I also thought Schrodinger didn't kill the cat...)
 
  • #82
jhae2.718 said:
I thought Schrodinger killed* the cat?



*(I also thought Schrodinger didn't kill the cat...)

Schrodinger? My avatar didn't kill anyone...
 
  • #83
Freedom 55

Well ... that's what I was told when I was a young one. My body is older than I am. :)
 
  • #84
Char. Limit said:
Schrodinger? My avatar didn't kill anyone...

BAM! Nice move Char. :biggrin:

@jhae2.718: We're still waiting for a report from Wigner's friend, but there are serious questions about his welfare so... ?
 
  • #85
Stephen Hawking said:
...Yeah, well, there are some people who spend an awful lot of time talking about the interpretation of quantum mechanics. My attitude — I would paraphrase Gœring—is that when I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my gun.

It's hard to pass up Schrodinger references, though...
 
  • #86
nismaratwork said:
BAM! Nice move Char. :biggrin:

@jhae2.718: We're still waiting for a report from Wigner's friend, but there are serious questions about his welfare so... ?

And now you know the other reason he's my avatar. So I can make lame jokes like that one.
 
  • #87
jhae2.718 said:
It's hard to pass up Schrodinger references, though...

I'd add, Dr. Hawking is mistaken in his reference...

I forget said:
The famous line "when I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun", often associated with Nazi leaders, derives from this play. The actual original line from the play is slightly different: "Wenn ich Kultur höre ... entsichere ich meinen Browning!" "Whenever I hear of culture... I release the safety catch of my Browning!" (Act 1, Scene 1).

I should add, the play was for Hitler's... something, maybe a birthday, so it's Nazi-related.
 
  • #88
So, I'm wondering when somebody will unleash some statistical fury on this sample? Mean, median, modus, standard deviation, kurtosis, variance, third moments,...

Come on, I know there are some of you who, deep down inside, want nothing more than to calculate...
 
  • #89
I have resisted the urge to input this all into MATLAB...
 
  • #90
micromass said:
So, I'm wondering when somebody will unleash some statistical fury on this sample? Mean, median, modus, standard deviation, kurtosis, variance, third moments,...

Come on, I know there are some of you who, deep down inside, want nothing more than to calculate...

Char. Limit said:
I made a crude graph of the bimodal distribution we have here. I checked, and the integral over R of this function IS 1, so it's a proper pdf. And I think it's pretty interesting.

wolframalpha-20110326190842211.gif

You must have missed something.
 
  • #91
Me to, but I can't resist anymore...

Must... analyse... information...
 
  • #92
Char. Limit said:
You must have missed something.

Yes, nice graph. But only statistical invariants will satisfy me :biggrin:
 
  • #93
micromass said:
Yes, nice graph. But only statistical invariants will satisfy me :biggrin:

But I can't plot the mean of a bimodal distribution! I barely managed to find one.
 
  • #94
micromass said:
Yes, nice graph. But only statistical invariants will satisfy me :biggrin:

We're awaiting your paper on the distribution.
 
  • #95
Char. Limit said:
But I can't plot the mean of a bimodal distribution! I barely managed to find one.

Waaah. Where is statdad when you need him :cry:
Kinda curious on how you found that pdf by the way...
 
  • #96
Char. Limit said:
But I can't plot the mean of a bimodal distribution! I barely managed to find one.

That's why MM is a science advisor and homework helper! *jazz hands*
 
  • #97
micromass said:
Waaah. Where is statdad when you need him :cry:
Kinda curious on how you found that pdf by the way...

I took the gaussian of the first four categories, then the gaussian of the last five categories, divided both by 2 and then added them together! Sure, it's hardly rigorous, but I haven't taken even the most basic of statistics courses.
 
  • #98
I also want representation for my age group.
 
  • #99
FtlIsAwesome said:
I also want representation for my age group.

No. We're not even going to consider it until you pay us your chat fees.
 
  • #100
Its always about money, huh...
 
  • #101
FtlIsAwesome said:
Its always about money, huh...

I suppose you could try sexual favors for the mentors, but I'd guess that wouldn't go over well. :biggrin:
 
  • #102
Nevermind...
 
  • #103
Char. Limit said:
I took the gaussian of the first four categories, then the gaussian of the last five categories, divided both by 2 and then added them together! Sure, it's hardly rigorous, but I haven't taken even the most basic of statistics courses.

Results would probably be better if we had a finer discretization of the age ranges.
 
  • #104
jhae2.718 said:
Results would probably be better if we had a finer discretization of the age ranges.

I suppose I could create a separate poll for each category, where you list your exact age. If the mentors don't ban me for flooding the GD forum.
 
  • #105
It's probably not necessary, though; it's not like we're trying to get our results into a journal or anything...
 

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