With no additional context, if you said that "the balls in this glass are generally blue", I would interpret that meaning every ball falls within the range of hues that can still be called blue by most people but may be questioned by a few. So 100% of the balls have to be "I can see why someone would call that blue".
This is actually an interesting question that depends a lot on a human perspective and what you define as ‘Generally Blue’ and what’s else is in the container.
I personally would define generally blue as when you have two colours, say red and blue M&Ms, and you reach in the container to pull out 3 you have a 50/50 chance of pulling out three blues. This definition would require that you have 79.58% blue M&Ms in your container.
Honestly this sounds like a bit high to me but probably can be a real bitch, and the test sounds secure to me.
Physiological I think 2/3 blue 1/3 red would have most people say it’s generally blue and the ratio would go down as you add other colours. I think 1/2 blue and 1/2 a mix of 4 or more colours people would still say it’s generally blue.
Depends on how many balls fit in the glass, and whether you can see through the balls- if not, as long as all the balls against the glass surface and on top are blue, with a few more blue visible within the gaps should be enough. But what percentage that is could change according to ball size in relation to glass size.
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InfiniteKrebs@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 200d
Is this bait for getting justification for making sweeping statements about groups of people? Or am I just in a grumpy mood.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 200d
dusty_raven@discuss.online · 12 pts · 200d
Depends on how wrong you're willing to be.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 200d
You can just say you have blue balls, nobody will want to look.
howrar@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 200d
With no additional context, if you said that "the balls in this glass are generally blue", I would interpret that meaning every ball falls within the range of hues that can still be called blue by most people but may be questioned by a few. So 100% of the balls have to be "I can see why someone would call that blue".
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 200d
70% or so
iByteABit@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 200d
instructions unclear, painted my balls blue
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 200d
I also did it wrong
limer@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 200d
I did green
showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website · 4 pts · 200d
This is actually an interesting question that depends a lot on a human perspective and what you define as ‘Generally Blue’ and what’s else is in the container.
I personally would define generally blue as when you have two colours, say red and blue M&Ms, and you reach in the container to pull out 3 you have a 50/50 chance of pulling out three blues. This definition would require that you have 79.58% blue M&Ms in your container.
Honestly this sounds like a bit high to me but probably can be a real bitch, and the test sounds secure to me. Physiological I think 2/3 blue 1/3 red would have most people say it’s generally blue and the ratio would go down as you add other colours. I think 1/2 blue and 1/2 a mix of 4 or more colours people would still say it’s generally blue.
Mothra@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 200d
Depends on how many balls fit in the glass, and whether you can see through the balls- if not, as long as all the balls against the glass surface and on top are blue, with a few more blue visible within the gaps should be enough. But what percentage that is could change according to ball size in relation to glass size.