Excuse me for butting in here ;).
To Ghostinger - I believe that you are trying to oversimplify and overdefine things, and thus leading to inconclusive or (IMO) incorrect results. By attempting to use geometric proofs in any way on the human psyche will inherently be flawed in at least some cases, and therefor is incorrect to use as a conjecture about anything specific. Then by attempting to show a human as a geometric shape you also fail to take into account the definite fact that while age does have a tendency to effect maturity, it doesn't entirely. I can almost guarantee than anyone over the age of 30 is more mature than I, at the young age of 15. The problem arises because we are attempting to use mathematics to explain things that cannot be explained logically, similar to emotions. You can't explain it in these terms because these terms are too general and fail to take into account the specifics.
The human species as a whole may fit into your geometric equation, if the specifics of each person were averaged together into that single figure but to pick a single person out of the crowd and that single person will likely be outside one of your parameters. We aren't prisms, nor spheres, we have no 'properties' which apply to us. We are humans capable of detailed thought as well as the ability to change our minds and ourselves. As such I believe no mathematical equation can completely justify, and predict the actions of a single human being though it may be able to show the trends that exist within the human society as a whole.
-Baylan
P.S. About the whole "My 0.02 cents" I saw it, but didn't believe it was worthy of an edit... So shut it :-p
Edit: Stupidity + Needing to go to Sleep + Not using preview post button usually = some incoherentness.
To Ghostinger - I believe that you are trying to oversimplify and overdefine things, and thus leading to inconclusive or (IMO) incorrect results. By attempting to use geometric proofs in any way on the human psyche will inherently be flawed in at least some cases, and therefor is incorrect to use as a conjecture about anything specific. Then by attempting to show a human as a geometric shape you also fail to take into account the definite fact that while age does have a tendency to effect maturity, it doesn't entirely. I can almost guarantee than anyone over the age of 30 is more mature than I, at the young age of 15. The problem arises because we are attempting to use mathematics to explain things that cannot be explained logically, similar to emotions. You can't explain it in these terms because these terms are too general and fail to take into account the specifics.
The human species as a whole may fit into your geometric equation, if the specifics of each person were averaged together into that single figure but to pick a single person out of the crowd and that single person will likely be outside one of your parameters. We aren't prisms, nor spheres, we have no 'properties' which apply to us. We are humans capable of detailed thought as well as the ability to change our minds and ourselves. As such I believe no mathematical equation can completely justify, and predict the actions of a single human being though it may be able to show the trends that exist within the human society as a whole.
-Baylan
P.S. About the whole "My 0.02 cents" I saw it, but didn't believe it was worthy of an edit... So shut it :-p
Edit: Stupidity + Needing to go to Sleep + Not using preview post button usually = some incoherentness.
I am Baylan
Hardcore is the way to play!
You'll find me on US-East, on the account name Baylan (for now, I'll add more as I get my accounts up and hardcore-capable).
Hardcore is the way to play!
You'll find me on US-East, on the account name Baylan (for now, I'll add more as I get my accounts up and hardcore-capable).