Richardo
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Wed Jun-01-05 11:08 AM
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Stupid Useless Thought Experiment: How many people... |
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Edited on Wed Jun-01-05 11:12 AM by Richardo
...do you suppose you've heard of in your lifetime?
Not that you've known personally (although they count), just heard of.
The number must be huge - it would cover historical names, people in the news, celebrities, old classmates, friends, families, even names you've happened across on-line or in the phone book. If you are aware of their existence, no matter how tenuously, they would count.
I've no idea, but I just thought I'd throw this out as a thought experiment. What do you suppose the number could be on a logarithmic scale? 1,000? 10,000? 100,000? A million? (probably too high)
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Nicholas D Wolfwood
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Wed Jun-01-05 11:11 AM
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1. Yeah, 100 is way too low. |
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I can find 100 in my rolodex alone. I'd probably go to about few hundred thousand.
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Wed Jun-01-05 11:15 AM
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2. There's Probably a Huge Range |
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If you work in a job like telemarketing or customer service for a couple of decades, a million is probably not out of the question. 20 years x 200 work days x 8 hours x 30 people per hour = 900 thousand plus. That wouldn't be the average, but it's certainly possible.
Ont the other hand, if you live in a small town, don't read, and don't get on the internet much, it's probably less than 10,000.
Just a guess.
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Wed Jun-01-05 11:24 AM
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3. Me? 17,212 people. I was thinking about this the other day. |
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Wed Jun-01-05 01:09 PM
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:rofl: Can you come over and count mine??
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Richardo
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Wed Jun-01-05 03:06 PM
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10. the smartass of the day award goes to... |
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Wed Jun-01-05 11:27 AM
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4. Yeah, it's a huge number and impossible to figure cuz... |
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...of the number you've heard of and then forgotten about!
Pretty kewl twisted and warped thoughts, Richardo! Two thumbs up!
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Wed Jun-01-05 11:37 AM
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5. Let me try to educate the guess |
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Average of two new names per day in the pre-Internet days, from 1972 (effective start of my social life) to, say, 1995.
Ten per day afterwards.
Roughly 45,000-50,000.
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Wed Jun-01-05 01:08 PM
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And good correction for BI {Before Internet}.
Staggering number!
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Wed Jun-01-05 11:38 AM
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6. thanks for making my brain explode |
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u owe me new keyboard! ha ha, look no brain!
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Wed Jun-01-05 01:31 PM
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I read a lot, so I would guess mine is pretty high. I'm hoping that there is no quiz later, because a realistic count of the names I can actually remember would be <500!
BTW - this is a pretty deep thread topic, Richardo!
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