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MindMover

(5,016 posts)
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 07:25 PM Mar 2012

The Midwest's deadly tornadoes: 5 miraculous stories

Last edited Wed Mar 7, 2012, 09:24 PM - Edit history (1)

A mother who sacrificed a leg to save her children. A man whose dog survived grim odds. An elderly couple who found a most unlikely shelter... and more


http://theweek.com/article/index/225266/the-midwests-deadly-tornadoes-5-miraculous-stories

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Miracles all over.....The very word “asymptotic” scares the bejeezus out of people because it sounds complicated. The definition doesn't serve to aleviate that fear. Something that's asymptotic relates to a asymptote, which is defined as “A line whose distance to a given curve tends toward zero”. That's damn near worthless, so let's say that something asymptotic refers to a limiting behavior based on a single variable and a desired measure.

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The Midwest's deadly tornadoes: 5 miraculous stories (Original Post) MindMover Mar 2012 OP
Not miracles. Just a demonstration that bell curves are asymptopic. TheMadMonk Mar 2012 #1
Noted and edited, thank you for the new word..... MindMover Mar 2012 #2
 

TheMadMonk

(6,187 posts)
1. Not miracles. Just a demonstration that bell curves are asymptopic.
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 09:18 PM
Mar 2012

Miracles predicate the existence of an interventionst god.

Now, if this atheist recalls correctly, God said "I don't do that shit any more." about 2000 years ago.

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