Deandra wrote:I'm sorry, I think it was the image of analyzing infinite amounts of sperm that threw me off.
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Again, I'm sorry about sounding rude in my last post, it was just the disturbing image is all! Also, it's not an excuse for me being rude, but the reason I didn't give you a full explanation earlier was just a matter of me not having time at the moment. I think I spent almost 1/2 hour just now writing this post and double checking my math. I understand if you're still offended enough that you just never want to respond to me, but that was totally not my intention, and I realize I was pretty careless about how I worded my response. When I said you were confused, I didn't mean your math was off, because actually you made a good point, you showed why Arotos's post had nothing to do with the situation at hand. What I meant to say, and didn't say at all in any good way, was that I was not supporting Arotos's idea, and that the probability was different for another reason. I know I should have said it more clearly, and shouldn't have posted in a rush, and shouldn't have focused just on the strange images I got from your post, and I know I screwed up. Sorry. I can tell you're smart, and I'm flattered that you were willing to put so much time into a problem I only posted as a joke to get Ayoub to stop posting nonsense, and the last thing I'd want is for my mistake to make you leave this thread on bad terms.
On the contrary. There is very little that takes more courage than making a full and unreserved apology. It would be mean spirited and beneath my dignity were I unwilling to accept such.
Thank you, Deandra, for your apology, for my part, all is forgiven. I have no hard feelings now, and understand why you posted as you did; we can begin again,
tabula rasa.
I certainly didn’t mean to put you, or anyone, off with explicit biological imagery. Since I believe that the fact that the husband, in your question, will have completely recycled his store of sperm cells by the time the second child is conceived, I wanted to illustrate in some detail, why this would be so. We can leave that behind with everything else now, as the internet certainly has many other sites, not related at all to
uesp.net, where one can find...>ahem<..., well, you know.
I appreciated your setting a problem before us which required taxing effort on our part, in terms of biology, reproduction, and inheritance. I like a challenge, so I took it on. I just felt that, as I put in a great deal of effort, that that effort merited a fully acknowledged response. Since your skills at probability analysis far exceed mine, I cannot, in fairness, offer any suitable critique of the explanation, using probability analysis, that you provide. I know enough to recognize it as an impressive mathematical performance, though. Thank you for taking the time to explain your reasoning.
Be well; we shall, I hope, meet again.
Also, the fact that I've never seen the movie didn't help...
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