Jacked in the crack Wrote:
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> Commenter Wrote:
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> > Paraphrasing is to use different words with the
> > same meaning. However you have inverted the
> > meaning.
> >
> > "The Will Rogers phenomenon is obtained when
> > moving an element from one set to another set
> > raises the average values of both sets. It is
> > based on the following quote, attributed
> (perhaps
> > incorrectly) to comedian Will Rogers:
> >
> > When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to
> > California, they raised the average
> intelligence
> > level in both states.
> >
> > The effect will occur when both of these
> > conditions are met:
> >
> > The element being moved is below average
> for
> > its current set. Removing it will, by
> definition,
> > raise the average of the remaining elements.
> > The element being moved is above the
> current
> > average of the set it is entering. Adding it to
> > the new set will, by definition, raise the
> > average."
> >
> > If you haven't noticed, this is a definition in
> > the branch of mathematics called set theory.
> >
> > These days the reference is usually made to
> those
> > leaving California. In actuality the difference
> is
> > not intelligence but age. Younger people are
> > moving to California for jobs, usally in
> technical
> > fields. Older people (especailly retirees) are
> > moving from California seeking a lower cost of
> > living.
>
>
> These days the young and old are leaving
> Kalifornia. Mostly Foreigners (think illegals)
> living like rats to afford a 2500 dollar a month
> apartment, and a spattering of 1 percenters, who
> are so scared they are building doomsday shelter
> in New Zealand. Place will be like Johannesburg in
> no time.

Dude, lived in California my whole life. Made lots of money, got a nice house. Retired and living the good life. Not your story, I guess.