Comments on: Thirty Miles http://www.debtspiration.com/phil-mcgraw/thirty-miles/ Where money, inspiration, and motivation come together. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:09:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://www.debtspiration.com/phil-mcgraw/thirty-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-20120 James Thu, 15 May 2008 14:13:47 +0000 http://www.debtspiration.com/2007/10/thirty-miles/#comment-20120 I disagree. (not that I am a fan of Dr. Phil by any means). I'm also assuming opposite directions, not North and West because we know that would not be "the opposite direction", as in an opposite direction in life. But think about it - 10 miles East in the wrong way, then you have to come back those ten miles - that's 20 miles alone and you are back at the starting point. THEN, you go the 10 miles you were supposed to go originally (West), that is a total of 30 miles. But hold on - IF you had made the correct turn in the first place, you would have gone ANOTHER 10 miles in the time it took you to "come back" - that makes a 40 mile mistake. I disagree. (not that I am a fan of Dr. Phil by any means).
I’m also assuming opposite directions, not North and West because we know that would not be “the opposite direction”, as in an opposite direction in life.
But think about it – 10 miles East in the wrong way, then you have to come back those ten miles – that’s 20 miles alone and you are back at the starting point. THEN, you go the 10 miles you were supposed to go originally (West), that is a total of 30 miles. But hold on – IF you had made the correct turn in the first place, you would have gone ANOTHER 10 miles in the time it took you to “come back” – that makes a 40 mile mistake.

]]> By: Denise http://www.debtspiration.com/phil-mcgraw/thirty-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-18068 Denise Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:47:25 +0000 http://www.debtspiration.com/2007/10/thirty-miles/#comment-18068 Eh? Dr. Phil seems to be displaying some innumeracy here. That's a 20 mile mistake. The 10 miles in the opposite direction, and the 10 miles to get back to the starting point. 10+10=20. If "the ten miles you have to go to get to where you were going" is a mistake after you've gone the wrong way, well, then it would likely have been a mistake before you made the wrong turn too. Also, he's assuming that your mistakes in direction lead you 180° opposite to your desired destination. If you head 10 miles north when you meant to go 10 miles west, you don't need to head 10 miles south then 10 miles west. You can go a bit less than 15 miles southwest and get to where you wanted to go. Fuzzy math. It scares the mathphobes and makes them think you are Really Smart. And it makes the non-mathphobes wonder if you should be allowed to balance your checkbook on your own. Eh?

Dr. Phil seems to be displaying some innumeracy here. That’s a 20 mile mistake. The 10 miles in the opposite direction, and the 10 miles to get back to the starting point. 10+10=20. If “the ten miles you have to go to get to where you were going” is a mistake after you’ve gone the wrong way, well, then it would likely have been a mistake before you made the wrong turn too.

Also, he’s assuming that your mistakes in direction lead you 180° opposite to your desired destination.

If you head 10 miles north when you meant to go 10 miles west, you don’t need to head 10 miles south then 10 miles west. You can go a bit less than 15 miles southwest and get to where you wanted to go.

Fuzzy math. It scares the mathphobes and makes them think you are Really Smart. And it makes the non-mathphobes wonder if you should be allowed to balance your checkbook on your own.

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