Celeb fails at math completely

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: DrPizza
It'll probably never be useful for you only because you probably weren't good enough at it, nor did you really get into a lot of applications with it. Hell, I've used calculus to help me with cooking.

Ok, I've got to hear about that.

I made (30?) pounds of summer sausage with venison. Had to have my stove set to about as low as it could go. Final temperature of the meat had to be 155 degrees (or something; I no longer remember the exact temperature.) Too cool & I'd risk the meat spoiling quickly & making me sick. Any higher, and it would be overdone and not as tasty, juicy, or tender.

After 1 hour, I was supposed to monitor the temperature every 10 minutes until it was done. Since I knew the sausage started at room temperature, and measuring the internal temperature after 1 hour, as well as knowing the temperature of the oven, I was able to apply Newton's Law of Cooling (heating in this case). The rate at which the temperature would rise is directly proportional to the difference between the temperature of the sausage & the oven's temperature. About 30 seconds of calculating using the built in calculator in Window's Vista, and I saved a few hours of repeatedly checking the temperature. i.e. I used calculus to perfectly calculate what time my sausage would be done. Otherwise, I'd have been chained to the kitchen for another half of the day.

Reps.

And people thought I was weird for using math (specifically statistics) in simple situations.

Math is Life. Life is Math.

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: a123456
Wow, Patricia Heaton, on Who wants to be a Millionaire.

I'm guessing the questions are easier than normal since it's for charity. 50k question and she just basically fails on an elementary school math problem until Regis walks her to the answer. She graduated from Ohio State too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v..._popt00us00_popt00us00

Skip to around 3:00 for the actual question. Lifeline is total fail also. Haha.

they have been known to choke once or twice under pressure....

 

[KK]

geez imagine if she was an actress, i bet she could act that whole thing again. :roll:

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: PlasmaBomb
$7.50, so A?

Just finished watching.. she got there in the end.

Her problem was that she heard the question, got stressed and stopped thinking.

She was like "uh math, I don't know!!".

Pretty much. If you're one of those people who just believes you're terrible at math, and you're on national TV under bright lights with an audience watching you, I can understand how doing simple math could be difficult. And I don't fault her husband for not getting it, that's a tough question to process over the phone in 30 seconds - seeing it is helpful. His first step would have been to figure out that it's $7.50, and he would have been thinking that through while she was going past the 30 quarters option.

In the end with a little prodding she actually thought it through and showed that she was capable of doing simple math under pressure. She got the 70 nickels calculation very easily once she thought about it. She may not be great at math, but she's not entirely stupid.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I've used calculus to help me with cooking.

Quote worthy.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: JLee
Perfect example of why having a degree does not mean you are intelligent.

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Absolutely pathetic, isn't it? Maybe that's why all universities should require calculus as a part of all majors. That way, they can limit the amount of alumni who are perceived as stupid.

In my 25 years, I have never needed calculus, nor do I ever anticipate that it would ever be useful (for me). Elementary math, on the other hand...

It'll probably never be useful for you only because you probably weren't good enough at it, nor did you really get into a lot of applications with it. Hell, I've used calculus to help me with cooking.

cooking? im curious about that

 

[James Bond]

Originally posted by: Rockinacoustic

Originally posted by: Genx87
She looks great for being 51.

Just don't ask her her age in dog years.

LOL

 

[mrrman]

god shes stupid...another LA Ditz

 

[Polish3d]

Originally posted by: Dirigible
Meh. Didn't watch it all, but the little bit I saw she just froze. She might not know math, but it looked like she just had anxiety about it. You guys are mean.

Yeah, she just froze a bit and had admittedly little confidence in her ability to figure it out. Find someone else to pick on

 

[So]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
I would probably fail that if it wasn't so obvious what a quarter is. I don't know what a nickel, dime or penny is worth. *shrug* I'm guessing penny = 1c, dime = 10c and nickel =5c? However any American should be able to answer that.

Congratulations, you got it.

 

[Polish3d]

Originally posted by: DarkThinker
Honestly people, doesn't stuff like this smack your frontal lobe and get you to pause for a second?

I for instance with 2 Engineering degrees and quiet the history of ass busting work and I might JUST might MAYBE one day as in MAYBE in the deep DEEP future if God is smiling down upon me and the planets get aligned again and if all the galaxies in the Universe align as well, just might MAYBE reach the 6 figures income mark, while she can't figure out that

[ (3/4) x 10] = 7.5 = (5 x 1.50) ]

And she is in an income figure mark that she can't count (most probably)?

F THIS!

Her skillset is more valuable and rare

 

[Miramonti]

I've known some people like that.

They not only aren't very good at math, they are so terrified of it they can barely settle down enough to take it one step at a time. It's very frustrating to watch, especially for a math oriented person.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: jjsole
I've known some people like that.

They not only aren't very good at math, they are so terrified of it they can barely settle down enough to take it one step at a time. It's very frustrating to watch, especially for a math oriented person.

Truly a sad phenomenon.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: jjsole
I've known some people like that.

They not only aren't very good at math, they are so terrified of it they can barely settle down enough to take it one step at a time. It's very frustrating to watch, especially for a math oriented person.

Truly a sad phenomenon.

Funny thing is they can be very skilled verbally and seem very smart and articulate, but the math light just doesn't go on.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: paulney

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Absolutely pathetic, isn't it? Maybe that's why all universities should require calculus as a part of all majors. That way, they can limit the amount of alumni who are perceived as stupid.

Calculus? This is 1st grade arithmetic!

The point was, by requiring calculus, people who can't do 1st grade arithmetic wouldn't have college degrees. And, btw, I think it's actually 2nd grade arithmetic. $1.50 is 6 quarters (2nd grade? Maybe it's 1st grade.) 6 times 5 is 30. (times table... 2nd grade?)


Sadly though, through distance learning & online courses, I've run across people who have (or soon will have) master's degrees who would be challenged by that problem.

I hated and was absolutely terrible at Calculus, really one of the worst experiences of my entire educational career (only class I've ever falied in my entire life), yet I do not consider myself an extremely dumb person and believe I do my former educational institutions, well if I do not do them proud, I at least do not make them look foolish for having me.

You can think I am dumb for not knowing, or even wanting to know Calculus, but I do not think that is the case; some people are just not wired in a way to do that type of arithmetic and will never need it anyway, despite your protestations to the contrary.

KT

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: mrrman
god shes stupid...another LA Ditz

She can memorize dozens of pages of dialog in a very short time, something that MOST people could not do. I'd be willing to bet money you couldn't do it nearly as well as she can. Why don't you go try, and when you suck at it I can go "God you're stupid!"

 

[darkxshade]

Celebrities makes so much money they don't have to count it when paying for good and services. At her level, I imagine she must be sleeping with Bill Gates & Warren Buffet on the side.

 

[JS80]

My wife would not be able to calculate that, even with pen paper and calculator. For reference she is college educated, liberal Obama voter and a relatively successful Publicist.

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: Safeway
That is insane fail. That is a gimme question. She should be able to completely eliminate two of the answers! 90 pennies and 50 dimes. Those are easy to calculate.

That is so ridiculous.

correct, and eventually she did. which means she was just nervous because she sucks at math. she obviously should have just ran through the answers but she didn't. she is stupid in that regard. but she did the math...

 

[Spikesoldier]

"I went to Ohio State" does not mean "I graduated from Ohio State".

 

[MrPickins]

She got flustered and had a hard time doing math in her head. That doesn't make her a moron...

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier
"I went to Ohio State" does not mean "I graduated from Ohio State".

Does mean "the best I can do was get into Ohio State." But at least better than only getting into Occidental College out of high school.

 

[TheTony]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
$1.50 is 6 quarters (2nd grade? Maybe it's 1st grade.) 6 times 5 is 30. (times table... 2nd grade?)

Originally posted by: DarkThinker
[ (3/4) x 10] = 7.5 = (5 x 1.50) ]

While those methods arrive at the same answer, why not simplify things and just divide the number of quarters by 4?

30/4 = 7.5 ($7.50).

 

[lxskllr]

Dumb as a rock....

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: TheTony

Originally posted by: DrPizza
$1.50 is 6 quarters (2nd grade? Maybe it's 1st grade.) 6 times 5 is 30. (times table... 2nd grade?)

Originally posted by: DarkThinker
[ (3/4) x 10] = 7.5 = (5 x 1.50) ]

While those methods arrive at the same answer, why not simplify things and just divide the number of quarters by 4?

30/4 = 7.5 ($7.50).

Division with decimals is like 4th grade! That's too hard!