Okay, let me be the one who doesn't totally understand. I AM with you to the 2 to the power of N - then why are you subtracting the number in the group and then 1? Thanks for the assist.
Toni Sar'h ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Corrigan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 3:18 PM Subject: Re: I just discovered Reed's Law > I think I see the problem. Superscripts didn't work out very well. > > The formula is "2 to the power of N minus N minus 1." "N" is the number > of people in your group. > > Sometimes English is the way to go... > > Chris > > > --- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Consultation - Facilitation > Open Space Technology > > Bowen Island, BC, Canada > http://www.chriscorrigan.com > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Chris > > Corrigan > > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 3:12 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: I just discovered Reed's Law > > > > Jaime wrote: > > > > > Hi Chris!!! > > > > > > Congratulations for a job well done. I always face > > > claims about the small number of participants for > > > prospective OS mettings in Bolivia. Reed's Law will be > > > an excellent argument to show possibilities. However, > > > I can not replicate the formula in order to confirm > > > your findings for 12 people and 4083 possible groups. > > > Could you please explain in a more detailed way the > > > formula for me? > > > > > > > The way I figure it, it's 212-12-1. So that's > 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2 > > which is 4096. 4096-12=4084. 4084-1=4083. > > > > That's how I did it anyway. That gives you all the possible > > combinations of groups of more than two. Of course in OST, often > groups > > of one meet, so that number is a little low. I'm no math genius, but > > any way you cut it, the numbers are pretty impressive. A group of 32 > > yields a number close to 22 billion, which is something like four > times > > the population of the earth. Not that you can make any comparisons > > directly, but as a way of illustrating the scale of possibilities, to > be > > able to walk around a room of 32 and say "within this circle, the > number > > ways of organizing ourselves dwarf the population of humans on the > > earth" is a pretty compelling introduction to the potential of > > potential. I'm going try the line this weekend, with a group of 32. > > > > > By the way, in the battle or sluggish against GM > > > (genetically modified) seeds and organisms, your > > > finding is very important. > > > > > > > I thought so too. The world is a strange place. > > > > > Warm regards from Bolivia to everybody > > > > > > > Right back at you. > > > > Chris > > > > --- > > CHRIS CORRIGAN > > Consultation - Facilitation > > Open Space Technology > > > > Bowen Island, BC, Canada > > http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > [email protected] > > > > * > > * > > ========================================================== > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > view the archives of [email protected], > > Visit: > > > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
