Of course, you could say that y = 1/x, and then speak about y.
Me too; at first I thought this topic was intensely boring, but now I’m finding it at least twice as interesting.
But Scientific American is the Weekly World News of science periodicals.
No, there can be degrees of censoring. Extremly uncensored just means that extra nipples were digitally added to the footage.
Or extra footage was added to the inchage.
One possible reason that speakers, as well as narrators of programs such as those on the Discovery Channel say things like “twice as cold” etc, is because the correct and logical mathematical statement, in english, would sound awkward (an actual term used when correcting technical reports) to the ear.
It’s called “artistic license”. People like creative writing authors, casual speakers and TV narrators choose phrases like --3 times slower-- because they flow and are easier on the ear than the precise mathematically correct version.
The fraction of people who are bothered by this is infinitely small.
Plus, people like metaphors. Even the OP says that he is “cheesed off”. Not logical, but evocative.
I declare the OP double-plus ungood.
Hodge, Min. of Information.
Reminds me of infomercial sales pitches such as this one:
“This new rotisserie of mine will cook this chicken throughly in minutes!” “You’ll save pennies!” :rolleyes:
As opposed to the half-vast majority?
Shoot, I’m easy - I’d settle for only two or three times less annoying.
BTW, white teeth: