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lifer · 06-26-2007, 02:10 PM

Deer are not static. They feed near highway ditches at dusk. They move in herds and there movements are affected by many factors including food supply, predator proximity, water proximity, time of year, and other environmental factors. It is impossible to say whether one person would see more or less animals.

If the car traveling 100km/h passes a herd of 8 animals at castle mountain and spooks them back into the woods, the car traveling 10 km/h then passes the same spot and sees no animals because the continued further into the valley to graze and both cars see no deer all the way to Golden, what of your theory?

You make too many assumptions. What happens at a given point is variable over time. Because they are traveling at different rates they reach a point at different times. The time difference allows for a number of things to happen.

can you not think in averages? Lots of averages are based on the occurance of random events. Think of this: if you did a study watching a stretch of road over the course of 2 years. You alternate your observation patterns daily for 2 conditions. The first condition is that you watch that stretch for 10 minutes a day, we'll call this the fast condition, and you watch the same stretch for 100 minutes on every other day, we'll call this the slow condition. Do you not think that over the course of 730 days that a patter? would emerge where you see more deer on an average "slow day" or an average "fast day"? Give me a break. I used this analogy earlier, and it wasn't responded to. If you look up at night from the roof of your house for 20 minutes and count shooting stars, are you likely to see more or less shooting stars than your wife who was up there for a full hour the night before? The guy driving 100 km an hour happens to see a herd of 8 deer and scared them away. Thats fine, there are more than 8 deer along the way, and if you spend more time in the same environment you are more likely to see them? You seriously disagree with that? Lets say you can see 100 meters ahead of you to west, and then the road curves and all you can see is a wall of trees. If you are looking at that 100 meter stretch of road for 6 seconds are you more or less likely to see a deer than if you are on that stretch for 60 seconds? This is common sense isn't it? Come on people...do I really need to go pick up some prescription medication for myself?

06-26-2007, 02:10 PM	#145
lifer Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Sep 2006 Exp:	Deer are not static. They feed near highway ditches at dusk. They move in herds and there movements are affected by many factors including food supply, predator proximity, water proximity, time of year, and other environmental factors. It is impossible to say whether one person would see more or less animals. If the car traveling 100km/h passes a herd of 8 animals at castle mountain and spooks them back into the woods, the car traveling 10 km/h then passes the same spot and sees no animals because the continued further into the valley to graze and both cars see no deer all the way to Golden, what of your theory? You make too many assumptions. What happens at a given point is variable over time. Because they are traveling at different rates they reach a point at different times. The time difference allows for a number of things to happen. can you not think in averages? Lots of averages are based on the occurance of random events. Think of this: if you did a study watching a stretch of road over the course of 2 years. You alternate your observation patterns daily for 2 conditions. The first condition is that you watch that stretch for 10 minutes a day, we'll call this the fast condition, and you watch the same stretch for 100 minutes on every other day, we'll call this the slow condition. Do you not think that over the course of 730 days that a patter? would emerge where you see more deer on an average "slow day" or an average "fast day"? Give me a break. I used this analogy earlier, and it wasn't responded to. If you look up at night from the roof of your house for 20 minutes and count shooting stars, are you likely to see more or less shooting stars than your wife who was up there for a full hour the night before? The guy driving 100 km an hour happens to see a herd of 8 deer and scared them away. Thats fine, there are more than 8 deer along the way, and if you spend more time in the same environment you are more likely to see them? You seriously disagree with that? Lets say you can see 100 meters ahead of you to west, and then the road curves and all you can see is a wall of trees. If you are looking at that 100 meter stretch of road for 6 seconds are you more or less likely to see a deer than if you are on that stretch for 60 seconds? This is common sense isn't it? Come on people...do I really need to go pick up some prescription medication for myself? Last edited by lifer; 06-26-2007 at 02:13 PM.