This is what I will call a "qualitative graph". The question is: What is P? I can think of two particular answers, which together suggest an interesting analogy. What do you think? hixidom attached the following image(s):  Aggregation versus P.png (7kb) downloaded 255 time(s).Every day I am thankful that I was introduced to psychedelic drugs.
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What is the Y axis? From the unspoken
Grows the once broken
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The y-axis is purposefully unlabeled because it shows a quality rather than a quantity. We can say it is spatial distance, but then I want it to be interpreted like the y-axis in this image, which would be pointless to label. Every day I am thankful that I was introduced to psychedelic drugs.
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P could represent power, in that a comparatively higher number of people congregate around centers of power and compete for positions of power. "Think for yourself and question authority." - Leary
"To step out of ideology - it hurts. It's a painful experience. You must force yourself to do it." - Žižek
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P = number of consecutive free-throws a kid makes as he progresses at basketball. EDIT'qualitative' suggests there is no objective answer, only interpretations. Inconsistency is in my nature. The simple PHYLLODE tekI'm just waiting for these bloody plants to grow
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My two answer propositions:
P1= the amount of fear
P2= the "interestingness" of a conversation
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P1= entropy, where the dots equal empty space P2= alcoholism, where the dots equal drinks P3= anger I sure see a pattern! Once in a while, you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
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Here, let me take a wild stab at it: Taking aggregation for it's original Latin meaning, "Aggregation comes from the Latin ad, meaning 'to', and gregare, meaning 'herd'. So the word was first used to literally mean to herd or to flock." P = time Y axis = the concentration/population/"hang out locations" of sheep which steadily increases (or decreases) over time because, you know, animals like to mate, congregate, and die for extremely variable reasons. So, clearly, this was a graph that a shepherd made in his spare time to roughly record the activity/population of his sheep. Kind of careless of him not to include the Y axis (or any clear, definable labels for that matter) though...   Edit: I should probably add that I've never been amazing with graphs...hehehe New to The Nexus? Check These Out: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
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I'm an idiot, but I'll try. P1= Mitosis P2= population increase in the world "In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamans call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link." ~Carlos Castaneda
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Whoops, I thought that the P had to represent something that started with a P! I suppose if P can truly represent anything, then the graph demonstrates a relationship of any thing to P, with the thing becoming more numerous and clustered as P increases. Therefore, we could impose any positive linear relationship involving some kind of small groups or clustering on the part of the dependent variable. Another example that comes to mind is increased urbanization with either an increasing population or simply time progression (more P words but still). "Think for yourself and question authority." - Leary
"To step out of ideology - it hurts. It's a painful experience. You must force yourself to do it." - Žižek
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I have a riddle too: guess which one!  BTW, P is the degree of aggregation
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It's fun to read everyone's answers  My two were animal Population density and Pressure. Social interaction is impossible unless population density is above some threshold, and a gas can be deposited in crystal form if pressure is increased sufficiently. Every day I am thankful that I was introduced to psychedelic drugs.
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Jees wrote:BTW, P is the degree of aggregation But the graph is labelled "aggregation versus P"... huh?  I was thinking P = pills... “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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downwardsfromzero wrote:Jees wrote:BTW, P is the degree of aggregation But the graph is labelled "aggregation versus P"... huh? Damn you  hmmm, it is still possible: when P is the unit in which aggregation is represented as a measure like a mathematical instrument for statistics, then the aggregation is like how it looks like in real. P is then a calculable derivative of the phenomena aggregation and the *versus* is how these two relate to each other. Voila 
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I would say p = Time & Space Or p= Action & Reaction But maaaaybe p= Frustration caused by you not giving us the answer And the dots are our answers! You&Iverse
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seagull wrote:...And the dots are our answers! Yes! "Connecting the dots" to find the answer seems a logic thing to do 
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The amount of beers it takes before someone needs to P
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