Re: What makes you think Alviarin is "middling"?
darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 28/12/2009 03:30:44 PM
She's influential enough in non-BA circles that Elaida trusted her to be able to help over-throw Siuan. Seems to me that she must be higher up in the overall scheme of AS strength.
I'd be she's in the same range as Beonin/Morvrin/Carlynia etc...
I'd be she's in the same range as Beonin/Morvrin/Carlynia etc...
http://13depository.blogspot.com/2009/02/saidar-strength-ranking.html
I relied on the saidar ranking in that theory. Of course, many characters' placements in that theory can be debated, but much of it is quite plausible. I made that assumption. But even if she's stronger, that doesn't leave much room for her to be about as strong as two weak sisters. Well, depending on how where you'd place Zemaille in the 0-100 scale.
Well, according to the text she thinks she's close... depending on the scale used she could be close to the two of them combined (which is one of the reasons I like the higher level scale rather than the AS are bunched closely within a few points of each other)...
2 SF Sisters = 20 each (say 36 linked with the 10% penalty with linking)
Alivarin could = 35 and be a higher than average AS without being at the very top level.
Using the lower scale it would be more like 15/15 and 25 ... amounts to the same thing. Either way it's a very close match up with the edge going toward Zemaille... slightly stronger and if linked they would have the control bonus.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
The One Power Bell Curve: Proof that it is not centered on 50% of the strongest channeler's strength
18/12/2009 08:37:55 AM
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I always thought the curve was one sided
18/12/2009 01:17:32 PM
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The Curve only refers to the channeling population, not to non-channelers.
18/12/2009 01:56:25 PM
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I would say that your sample is flawed.
18/12/2009 05:02:02 PM
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It doesn't matter...
18/12/2009 10:02:38 PM
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But, it sort of does.
18/12/2009 10:43:08 PM
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So you're saying that no modern Aes Sedai are even of average strength?
18/12/2009 10:51:01 PM
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The Tower is restricted to the middle...
18/12/2009 05:35:03 PM
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Two things...
18/12/2009 09:28:25 PM
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The culling theory...
18/12/2009 09:36:34 PM
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The culling theory applies to the ENTIRE population, not just Aes Sedai...
18/12/2009 09:42:31 PM
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Several more things...
18/12/2009 11:26:19 PM
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You don't understand your own model...
18/12/2009 11:38:05 PM
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So RJ was wrong about Bell Curve distribution?
19/12/2009 06:03:24 PM
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So, Aviendha trumps RJ? A woman who, as late as tGS, doesn't know what she's doing with the OP?
19/12/2009 06:12:42 PM
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Age-Related Sample Bias
18/12/2009 06:41:03 PM
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I have no problem with that...but it implies that the average woman today isn't at 50% of Lanfear...
18/12/2009 09:46:00 PM
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Partially agreed...
18/12/2009 10:13:46 PM
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Well, the Aes Sedai are the only group that we have detailed strength info about...
18/12/2009 10:26:48 PM
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Sharina is AS ... she'd be dead in a few years if she hadn't gone to the Tower *NM*
28/12/2009 01:08:20 AM
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A thought that occured to me, and I'd like your opinion...
18/12/2009 07:38:29 PM
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Is it just my bad memory or is one of the wondergirls not a sparker?
18/12/2009 10:12:59 PM
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Easier sulution, and real example.
18/12/2009 10:03:20 PM
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And that is indeed the solution I feel most comfortable with...
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Re: And that is indeed the solution I feel most comfortable with...
19/12/2009 11:39:31 AM
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Dude, Seriously?
18/12/2009 10:19:25 PM
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Indeed, and that's why I propose that...
18/12/2009 10:31:23 PM
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So RJ used two separate scales, one actual one relative, to explain the same thing?
18/12/2009 11:33:20 PM
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Yes, "Bell Curve" does not mean Gausian. Or normal distribution.
19/12/2009 11:24:10 PM
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I'm sorry, but I've never heard of a non-Gaussian bell curve. Can you prove its existence? *NM*
20/12/2009 03:24:22 AM
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Maybe people in my field just use the term in a non-technical way. We do things with ...
21/12/2009 07:24:43 PM
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That's because outliers in IQ tests are excluded form the curve. *NM*
18/12/2009 11:31:23 PM
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Re: The One Power Bell Curve: Proof that it is not centered on 50% of the strongest channeler's stre
19/12/2009 06:02:34 PM
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Mathmatically this is very close to the system I proposed in another thread
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Re: The One Power Bell Curve:
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What makes you think Alviarin is "middling"?
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Re: What makes you think Alviarin is "middling"?
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Re: What makes you think Alviarin is "middling"?
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