Sat in a philosophy class today.

[Ephirith]

BMI is useful as a very, very rough estimate of body composition and nothing more, because you can put it together with minimal data and measurement.

Using it to make a claim as specific as "you're 15 pounds overweight" is pretty bad

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Ephirith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

because you can put it together with minimal data and measurement.

Granted.

[Droxx]

You're the same height as Lance Armstrong and 25 pounds heavier. And he was on roids. You might be fat!

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Droxx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You're the same height as Lance Armstrong and 25 pounds heavier. And he was on roids. You might be fat!

See my answer to aladerp.

[Droxx]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

See my answer to aladerp.

My point wasn't muscle mass vs endurance. It was just that he claimed to have a cyclists build and was clearly much heavier than a doping cyclist.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Droxx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My point wasn't muscle mass vs endurance. It was just that he claimed to have a cyclists build and was clearly much heavier than a doping cyclist.

That actually was your point. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ektar]

a bad teacher is one who tells "that guy" to shut up and that he's wrong (unfortunately)


and trust me they ain't givin me my hundreds of thousands of dollars back. especially since I haven't paid it yet!

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

As a philosophy professor, I must remark, you claim to have been in that class. Yet your report on what the professor said is highly unlikely. Since you seem to have embellished and perhaps inaccurately interpreted what the professor actually said, in what sense -- other than physically -- were you actually in the class?

What exactly did the professor say? Why did he or she say it? What was the point? What was the argument? Did you even think to ask or press the professor for clarification?

I think your mind was wrapped up in what you found easy to hear and think you had interpreted and experienced, and then posted it here. I do not think you were really in the class.

I say this because, I am that professor. And I did not call Mother Theresa sadistic. I said she was fascinated by human suffering. You were the one breathing through your mouth in the back, correct? I knew you were not getting it. See me next class, we can get clear.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Sadre Spinegnawer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As a philosophy professor, I must remark, you claim to have been in that class. Yet your report on what the professor said is highly unlikely. Since you seem to have embellished and perhaps inaccurately interpreted what the professor actually said, in what sense -- other than physically -- were you actually in the class?

What exactly did the professor say? Why did he or she say it? What was the point? What was the argument? Did you even think to ask or press the professor for clarification?

I think your mind was wrapped up in what you found easy to hear and think you had interpreted and experienced, and then posted it here. I do not think you were really in the class.

I say this because, I am that professor. And I did not call Mother Theresa sadistic. I said she was fascinated by human suffering. You were the one breathing through your mouth in the back, correct? I knew you were not getting it. See me next class, we can get clear.

A+

[Kagatob]

Originally Posted by Alawen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

BMI tends to underestimate obesity. If he's a massively ripped athlete covered with lean muscle mass, I'll be happy to eat my words. Until then, I'm going to stick with 15 pounds overweight.

Bikers tend to be very lean with not much upper body development. Lance Armstrong is almost exactly the same height and weighs 165. You really want to go with 25 pounds more lean muscle than Lance Armstrong?

Lance Armstrong was an exceptional athlete who also juced, I'm not even going to say that I consider myself an athlete, even if I did the comparison would be much less than valid. By cyclist build I meant that most of my muscle mass is in my legs since my primary method of exercising is bicycle riding and between living on the 4th floor and working on the 7th (avoiding elevators) I climb lots of stairs.

Originally Posted by Sadre Spinegnawer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

a bunch of stuff

Actually I was in the front because my girlfriend's a fucking dork and always sits in the front of class. I was just visiting because they let me sit in since I had nothing better to do. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]