Re:The internet is multilingual but you need to learn Mandarin
by perl4ever on Sunday July 26, 2020 @05:49PM
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>1/3 second vs 1/4 second
I have an instant reaction doubting that statement. Not because the numbers are obviously wrong in themselves or I think you made them up or the source was lying.
It implies a precision such that 1/3 s != 1/4 s. The difference is 80 ms.
To be a meaningful statement, it implies that the speed measured can be characterized to some fraction of 80 ms, and that the variance within english and mandarin speakers is also significantly smaller. I cannot conceive of that being the case.
I have an instant reaction doubting that statement. Not because the numbers are obviously wrong in themselves or I think you made them up or the source was lying.
It implies a precision such that 1/3 s != 1/4 s. The difference is 80 ms.
To be a meaningful statement, it implies that the speed measured can be characterized to some fraction of 80 ms, and that the variance within english and mandarin speakers is also significantly smaller. I cannot conceive of that being the case.