I think the better example of Actual Sealioning is trying to win an argument by demanding an absurd statement be proven.
I saw one of those regarding the whole "Dream cheated Minecraft" drama the other day. Where a screaming tard demanded to know:
WHERE IS THE EXACT LINE WHERE RNG GOES FROM ACCEPTABLE LUCK TO CHEATING? 1 IN 1000000? 1 IN 1000000000? 1 IN 10? TELL ME RIGHT NOW THE EXACT NUMBER WITH MATHEMATICAL PROOFS OR CONCEDE HE DIDN'T CHEAT
That's the closest thing to sealioning in real life I think you'll see and its such an absurd thing because its a rare type of idiot.
The funny thing is that even though this question is practically impossible (i.e. the paradox of the heap as it's absurd to really say .00000015% is fine but .00000014% isn't), statistics is one of the few times that the experts just say "pick a significance level that makes sense" which are usually 5%, 1%, .1% or .01%. Of course, this should take into account out of total runs and not just the one in question, and it's highly suspect that this isn't really possible anymore because dream went back and destroyed records of his past attempt, I believe.
I think the better example of Actual Sealioning is trying to win an argument by demanding an absurd statement be proven.
I saw one of those regarding the whole "Dream cheated Minecraft" drama the other day. Where a screaming tard demanded to know:
That's the closest thing to sealioning in real life I think you'll see and its such an absurd thing because its a rare type of idiot.
It's not rare. It's the entire rationale behind civic nationalism.
The funny thing is that even though this question is practically impossible (i.e. the paradox of the heap as it's absurd to really say .00000015% is fine but .00000014% isn't), statistics is one of the few times that the experts just say "pick a significance level that makes sense" which are usually 5%, 1%, .1% or .01%. Of course, this should take into account out of total runs and not just the one in question, and it's highly suspect that this isn't really possible anymore because dream went back and destroyed records of his past attempt, I believe.