BMAD Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Is it true that no matter how much older one sibling is to the other; eventually, the younger sibling will be half as old as the older? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 k-man Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Reveal hidden contents both siblings survive till the day the younger sibling is as old as the older sibling was when the young one was born. Whew... that was quite a mouthful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dgreening Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 On 5/13/2015 at 6:43 PM, k-man said: "it's only true if..." Nice reply! ,,, even if it is a mouthful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BMAD Posted May 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Is there no cases where this isn't true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BMAD Posted May 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 But you are right minus a trivial case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 phil1882 Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 i was thinking it would be false if both were born on he same day, but even here it would be true, because they can't be born at exactly the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BMAD Posted May 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 fair point. I was thinking twins would be the exception but I agree with you Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prime Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) To put a finer point, if two siblings are two cells (or particles) resulting from splitting of the mother cell into two, then none is older. Edited July 25, 2015 by Prime grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BMAD Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 At age zero, 0 / 2 = 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 On 7/25/2015 at 3:19 AM, Prime said: To put a finer point, if two siblings are two cells (or particles) resulting from splitting of the mother cell into two, then none is older.Are we assuming a mammalian birth process? Then splitting is in utero, and age origin is time of birth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Quantum.Mechanic Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 On 7/25/2015 at 4:02 PM, bonanova said: On 7/25/2015 at 3:19 AM, Prime said: To put a finer point, if two siblings are two cells (or particles) resulting from splitting of the mother cell into two, then none is older.Are we assuming a mammalian birth process? Then splitting is in utero, and age origin is time of birth.When in Thailand... Reveal hidden contents Siamese twins are born at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 First reaction is that must hurt. If I wanted to be nit-picky (me?) the head of one might precede that of the other.Point taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Is it true that no matter how much older one sibling is to the other; eventually, the younger sibling will be half as old as the older?
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