new tricks for an old dog

Tristian Miller published a satirical essay using statistics to show why he would never have a girlfriend. Using world population statistics, and adding concepts such as the bell curve, he developed his “proof.” I took the original paper, updated the statistics, and twicked it a little for my current students.

I found that we ended up discussing bell curves, beauty, intelligence, and standard deviation among other topcis during the course of the period. I intended to use the powerpoint as a filler on a light day, but we ended up filling the whole class time.

If anyone changes the statistics or makes any other changes I’d like to see a copy of what you did. Thanks.

Why you will never have a girlfriend @ box.com powerpoint format