tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19067548.post115477590442778362..comments2023-06-28T07:26:48.676-04:00Comments on the aspidistra: But How Do You Feel? Part 2: The Kookiness of Qualitative CalculationsCom$tockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758127726424789899noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19067548.post-1154966876228733912006-08-07T12:07:00.000-04:002006-08-07T12:07:00.000-04:00I find it funny that its necessary to lump (just) ...I find it funny that its necessary to lump (just) two measures into one, because the two independently are, perhaps, too confusing. I prefer, "well it's 95` outside, but its also humid". I know what humidity does to how I feel about the heat. or "it's 20` out there but the wind is pretty brutal". yup, i know what a good wind does on a cold day. I really feel like that is certainly enough information for me to figure out what to wear. And Mrs C, isn't that enough to validate our subjective experience?<BR/><BR/>As you said, the single how-it-feels unit is only for drama and breaking records.. americans do love to break records. But let's not forget the other side of the coin: lets say its 95` and humid, but not crazy humid. so the heat index is only 97`. well damn i might still feel like it was pretty miserable.. and now some fuck is probably going to tell me, "well the heat index is only 97`, last year the heat index was 105`". Thus totally invalidating my subjective experience that it was miserable out. with "its 95` and humid".. there's no hard fast rule, and our subjective experience carries more weight. While that same jerk can say, "it was hotter last year", i can still say "i think its damn uncomfortable, as its both hot and humid" and the debate ends there. My subjective experience triumphs. <BR/><BR/>These record breaking stats are like drugs.. They only work now because we never had them previously, so it seems like we're breaking records. They'll suffice for a few years, but eventually "meteorologists" are going to to have to come up with a new measure, combining a 3rd and 4th factor so we can start the record-breaking all over again. <BR/><BR/>So to save us from this vicious circle and to save our subjective experience we must rail against the weatherman and his hurricane of injustice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17445438432140694034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19067548.post-1154784321137243502006-08-05T09:25:00.000-04:002006-08-05T09:25:00.000-04:00Comstock, you need to chill out! People like indic...Comstock, you need to chill out! People like indices measuring wind chill and heat factor because it validates their subjective experience of miserable weather.<BR/><BR/>And what's so bad about that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com