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Re:Girls Need Math by rayiner on Saturday September 01, 2012 @07:41PM (#4465530)
Because this particular subgroup makes up the majority of the population. This should be blindingly obvious to anyone who isn't trying to be disingenuous.
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Re:Girls Need Math by yummyfajitas on Saturday September 01, 2012 @07:53PM (#4465558)
There are (2^(6 billion)) / 2 subgroups which comprise the majority of the population. Your criterion doesn't distinguish between any of these.

Your criterion also says we should not be concerned if a minority group (e.g. black people, people with ssn % 7 == 2) is underrepresented.

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Re:Girls Need Math by rayiner on Saturday September 01, 2012 @07:57PM (#4465565)
The amount of formal logic fail in this two-sentence post is impressive.
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Re:Girls Need Math by shrughes on Sunday September 02, 2012 @01:15AM (#4466240)
Yeah, complete fail. Obviously since 6 billion is even, the number's (2^(6 billion) - (2^(6 billion))! / (2^(3 billion))!^2) / 2.
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