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:Screenshot: http://www.imgur.com/A4nortJ.png --[[Special:Contributions/81.23.24.44|81.23.24.44]] 15:13, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 
:Screenshot: http://www.imgur.com/A4nortJ.png --[[Special:Contributions/81.23.24.44|81.23.24.44]] 15:13, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 
:Is it possible to make <math> comments somehow? --[[User:Chtz|Chtz]] ([[User talk:Chtz|talk]]) 14:57, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 
:Is it possible to make <math> comments somehow? --[[User:Chtz|Chtz]] ([[User talk:Chtz|talk]]) 14:57, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
::Did I make it better, or worse? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.45|108.162.216.45]] 03:08, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 
 
 
It doesn't indicate that most times he has put the shell to his ear were not at the beach, he indicates that if he is picking up a shell not at a beach it is probably only to put it to his ear.  Or rather, he rarely picks up seashells unless at the beach, and if he does then its only to test this crazy old wives tale.
 
It doesn't indicate that most times he has put the shell to his ear were not at the beach, he indicates that if he is picking up a shell not at a beach it is probably only to put it to his ear.  Or rather, he rarely picks up seashells unless at the beach, and if he does then its only to test this crazy old wives tale.
 
[[Special:Contributions/75.158.106.126|75.158.106.126]] 14:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 
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:: http://science.howstuffworks.com/question556.htm I'm predicting a what-if post on the same topic next Tuesday. Except of course, he's going to generate a geographical map (on a Gall-Peters projection) of the "loudness" of the sound of the ocean. Tides crashing against coastline / breakers out at sea / hydrothermal vents / Giant Squid song.. etc. [[Special:Contributions/220.224.246.97|220.224.246.97]] 01:23, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
 
:: http://science.howstuffworks.com/question556.htm I'm predicting a what-if post on the same topic next Tuesday. Except of course, he's going to generate a geographical map (on a Gall-Peters projection) of the "loudness" of the sound of the ocean. Tides crashing against coastline / breakers out at sea / hydrothermal vents / Giant Squid song.. etc. [[Special:Contributions/220.224.246.97|220.224.246.97]] 01:23, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
  
:: The howstuffworks.com explanation is a bit wordy.  It's just ambient noise filtered by the resonant properties of the somewhat complex cavity formed by the shell and your ear.  Your brain is programmed to pick out such resonant frequencies.  (No citation; I just made all that up.) [[User:Taibhse|Taibhse]] ([[User talk:Taibhse|talk]]) 13:21, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
 
  
 
Protip: Don't put seashells just picked up near the ocean in your ear! Sometimes the shell "first owner" is still in there! That's why I usually wait until getting home and make sure there's nothing inside before putting things in my ear... [[Special:Contributions/189.5.107.6|189.5.107.6]] 01:27, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
 
Protip: Don't put seashells just picked up near the ocean in your ear! Sometimes the shell "first owner" is still in there! That's why I usually wait until getting home and make sure there's nothing inside before putting things in my ear... [[Special:Contributions/189.5.107.6|189.5.107.6]] 01:27, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
  
 
:Any specific reason why should the first owner be more dangerous that any {{w|Hermit_crab|other owner}}? I would actually suspect that the reverse would be true. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 08:51, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
 
:Any specific reason why should the first owner be more dangerous that any {{w|Hermit_crab|other owner}}? I would actually suspect that the reverse would be true. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 08:51, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
 
::You're right, I meant it to avoid conffusion with yourself, since, I believe, you become the owner of something you find on a beach that noone else claims. [[Special:Contributions/189.5.99.130|189.5.99.130]] 18:24, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
 
::Just as an example, I wouldn't want to try to hear the ocean in a Cone Shell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223|108.162.219.223]] 02:17, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 
 
This formula is the correct way to state Bayes' theorem but the formula says nothing about the events.  It's a tautology.  Any events can be used and it's still true.  Might as well have just put A and B in there for all we learn from it.  The only exception is that division by zero must be avoided.  I'm not sure the original formula was "wrong" since it was about particular events. [[User:Db|db]] ([[User talk:Db|talk]]) 06:24, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 
 
Pedants would insist the probability of hearing an ocean is slight as high Beaufort numbers are fairly rare. However since storm waves do travel across oceans virtually unimpeded and are generally large enough to form surf near the shoreline, you may be able to hear the surf (especially at high tide.)
 
 
However if the tide is low enough for you to find sea shells you may be too far from a berm to hear surf. I can't remember if surf is produced at a bar.[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 19:36, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 

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