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Re: The One Power Bell Curve: taura-tierno Send a noteboard - 27/12/2009 10:05:33 PM
I agree that a scale of 1-100 where 100 is twice as much as 50 could not possibly work.

I don't have a quote right now (i'll try to get one soon), but I remember Siuan thinking about her new strength. She thought something like, that if she'd been returned to two thirds of her former strength instead of what she WAS returned to, she would have been much better off. That means she'd be below 2/3 of her former strength. If she'd be at, say, 60, that means shed be below 40. And she's not the weakest Aes Sedai. To me, it doesn't feel like there's enough room for that.

Also, there's this quote (I got it from 13thdespository):

[Alviarin] considered drawing Zemaile to some secluded corner where she could be questioned and disposed of, but then she noticed another Brown, a round woman even darker than Zemaile, watching them from farther down the hall. Aiden and Zemaile were weak in the Power, yet overcoming both at once would be difficult if it was possible at all...'

-Crossroads of Twilight, A Mark.


That means that Aiden and Zemaile would, their strengths combined, be close to Alviarin in strength. If she had been several times stronger than them, she would probably have been able to defeat them and though the attempt to be outright impossible. As it now, she believes that it might be possible, but she's not certain enough to take the risk. As such, should Alviarin (a middling) not be somewhere around twice as strong as strong as two weaklings?
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I always thought the curve was one sided Asha'man Warder - 18/12/2009 01:17:32 PM 1051 Views
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I would say that your sample is flawed. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 18/12/2009 05:02:02 PM 1131 Views
well said *NM* darius_sedai - 18/12/2009 05:12:40 PM 541 Views
It doesn't matter... Shannow - 18/12/2009 10:02:38 PM 976 Views
But, it sort of does. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 18/12/2009 10:43:08 PM 1044 Views
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The culling theory... Phelix - 18/12/2009 09:36:34 PM 986 Views
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Yes, but Aes Sedai take it to a new level... Phelix - 18/12/2009 09:48:59 PM 1186 Views
Re: Yes, but Aes Sedai take it to a new level... Shadowkiller - 18/12/2009 10:06:15 PM 976 Views
Several more things... fionwe1987 - 18/12/2009 11:26:19 PM 1145 Views
You don't understand your own model... Shannow - 18/12/2009 11:38:05 PM 1172 Views
So RJ was wrong about Bell Curve distribution? darius_sedai - 19/12/2009 06:03:24 PM 1029 Views
Re: So RJ was wrong about Bell Curve distribution? Sidious - 19/12/2009 06:10:52 PM 1014 Views
Its simple really... fionwe1987 - 19/12/2009 06:15:23 PM 1076 Views
So, Aviendha trumps RJ? A woman who, as late as tGS, doesn't know what she's doing with the OP? fionwe1987 - 19/12/2009 06:12:42 PM 1003 Views
Age-Related Sample Bias Shadowkiller - 18/12/2009 06:41:03 PM 1006 Views
I have no problem with that...but it implies that the average woman today isn't at 50% of Lanfear... Shannow - 18/12/2009 09:46:00 PM 1106 Views
Partially agreed... Shadowkiller - 18/12/2009 10:13:46 PM 1007 Views
Well, the Aes Sedai are the only group that we have detailed strength info about... Shannow - 18/12/2009 10:26:48 PM 1155 Views
Sharina is AS ... she'd be dead in a few years if she hadn't gone to the Tower *NM* darius_sedai - 28/12/2009 01:08:20 AM 990 Views
A thought that occured to me, and I'd like your opinion... Phelix - 18/12/2009 07:38:29 PM 990 Views
Well Sharina isn't a sparker and she's the strongest AS darius_sedai - 18/12/2009 07:57:17 PM 1011 Views
Yes... Phelix - 18/12/2009 08:01:57 PM 1106 Views
Is it just my bad memory or is one of the wondergirls not a sparker? Gher - 18/12/2009 10:12:59 PM 970 Views
I think it's just a bad memory... Phelix - 18/12/2009 10:19:25 PM 974 Views
Easier sulution, and real example. amirebram - 18/12/2009 10:03:20 PM 1067 Views
And that is indeed the solution I feel most comfortable with... Shannow - 18/12/2009 10:08:40 PM 1008 Views
Re: And that is indeed the solution I feel most comfortable with... Sidious - 19/12/2009 11:39:31 AM 1256 Views
Agree, but a little more curvy is better amirebram - 19/12/2009 11:17:16 PM 941 Views
*facepalm* BlackAdder - 18/12/2009 10:13:16 PM 1026 Views
That's just the normalized value graphed on a log scale. amirebram - 19/12/2009 11:20:41 PM 990 Views
Dude, Seriously? Shadowkiller - 18/12/2009 10:19:25 PM 1006 Views
Indeed, and that's why I propose that... Shannow - 18/12/2009 10:31:23 PM 1046 Views
So RJ used two separate scales, one actual one relative, to explain the same thing? fionwe1987 - 18/12/2009 11:33:20 PM 1023 Views
Yes, "Bell Curve" does not mean Gausian. Or normal distribution. amirebram - 19/12/2009 11:24:10 PM 1011 Views
I'm sorry, but I've never heard of a non-Gaussian bell curve. Can you prove its existence? *NM* fionwe1987 - 20/12/2009 03:24:22 AM 538 Views
Maybe people in my field just use the term in a non-technical way. We do things with ... amirebram - 21/12/2009 07:24:43 PM 960 Views
It does to RJ Shadowkiller - 20/12/2009 03:12:30 PM 1087 Views
Yes, "Bell Curve" does not mean Gausian. Or normal distribution. amirebram - 19/12/2009 11:24:11 PM 978 Views
That's because outliers in IQ tests are excluded form the curve. *NM* fionwe1987 - 18/12/2009 11:31:23 PM 553 Views
Really?!?! then what is the definition of a IQ of 200? amirebram - 19/12/2009 11:28:18 PM 1293 Views
You can have IQ's above that... fionwe1987 - 20/12/2009 05:09:44 AM 1033 Views
I said that in the other post and was half torn to pieces *NM* Sidious - 19/12/2009 11:38:25 AM 498 Views
Eh. Ignore the IQ value and draw it on a linear weight scale amirebram - 19/12/2009 11:26:23 PM 991 Views
Re: The One Power Bell Curve: Proof that it is not centered on 50% of the strongest channeler's stre Kieran - 19/12/2009 06:02:34 PM 952 Views
I like this idea Shadowkiller - 20/12/2009 04:01:28 PM 1239 Views
Accidental Post *NM* Shadowkiller - 20/12/2009 07:11:09 PM 543 Views
Mathmatically this is very close to the system I proposed in another thread darius_sedai - 27/12/2009 01:23:51 AM 943 Views
Re: The One Power Bell Curve: taura-tierno - 27/12/2009 10:05:33 PM 1125 Views
What makes you think Alviarin is "middling"? darius_sedai - 27/12/2009 10:28:13 PM 1326 Views
Re: What makes you think Alviarin is "middling"? taura-tierno - 28/12/2009 03:19:14 PM 1007 Views
Re: What makes you think Alviarin is "middling"? darius_sedai - 28/12/2009 03:30:44 PM 1218 Views
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