lolrobertfrost

[Amethyst Phoenix]

If he travels part of a road' date=' but turns back, although he has not completely traveled it, it will be more traveled than the road he has not set foot in.

 

 

Aren't fractions god damn wonderful?

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NO FRACTIONS.

 

Smartass.

 

 

That makes no sense then.

 

By that logic, I can go to an untraveled pristine path, take a truck with snow tires (they have rather sharp studs on them to improve traction), drive back and forth on it without ever driving to the very end, drive back out the way I came, and it will still be pristine and untraveled.

[Doomboi]

Um, this explains the portal I saw outside. You F***ING DIVIDED BY ZERO!

[Dark]

If he travels part of a road' date=' but turns back, although he has not completely traveled it, it will be more traveled than the road he has not set foot in.

 

 

Aren't fractions god damn wonderful?

[/quote']

 

NO FRACTIONS.

 

Smartass.

 

 

That makes no sense then.

 

By that logic, I can go to an untraveled pristine path, take a truck with snow tires (they have rather sharp studs on them to improve traction), drive back and forth on it without ever driving to the very end, drive back out the way I came, and it will still be pristine and untraveled.

 

The counter will only go up by one (and stay up by one) if you finish the path. The counter cannot process fractions. Robert Frost (in this scenario) is an idiot, and is following the counter and disregarding fractions.

[~/Coolio Prime\~]

No. Basically' date=' he wants to go down and finish the road from his starting point to his destination. If he goes down the road, the counter goes up by 1. But if he doesn't finish the road, and comes back, the counter goes down by 1. Once he reaches his destination (finishes the road), he cannot go down either of the roads again.

 

Since the count is 16/16, it's impossible for him to take the less traveled road. Either road he takes, the count will be 17/16 or 16/17, therefore making him take the more traveled road. And there lies the paradox.

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But why isn't he capable of going back down the road once he has completed it?

 

Because once he reaches his destination, both roads leading back to his starting point are closed off.

And where is he going exactly, North Korea?

[Dark]

No. Basically' date=' he wants to go down and finish the road from his starting point to his destination. If he goes down the road, the counter goes up by 1. But if he doesn't finish the road, and comes back, the counter goes down by 1. Once he reaches his destination (finishes the road), he cannot go down either of the roads again.

 

Since the count is 16/16, it's impossible for him to take the less traveled road. Either road he takes, the count will be 17/16 or 16/17, therefore making him take the more traveled road. And there lies the paradox.

[/quote']

But why isn't he capable of going back down the road once he has completed it?

 

Because once he reaches his destination, both roads leading back to his starting point are closed off.

And where is he going exactly, North Korea?

 

No, he is going from China into Russia.

[~/Coolio Prime\~]

I thought it was the modern day mediocre poets that were suicidal.

[Amethyst Phoenix]

If he travels part of a road' date=' but turns back, although he has not completely traveled it, it will be more traveled than the road he has not set foot in.

 

 

Aren't fractions god damn wonderful?

[/quote']

 

NO FRACTIONS.

 

Smartass.

 

 

That makes no sense then.

 

By that logic, I can go to an untraveled pristine path, take a truck with snow tires (they have rather sharp studs on them to improve traction), drive back and forth on it without ever driving to the very end, drive back out the way I came, and it will still be pristine and untraveled.

 

The counter will only go up by one (and stay up by one) if you finish the path. The counter cannot process fractions. Robert Frost (in this scenario) is an idiot, and is following the counter and disregarding fractions.

 

Ah.

 

In that case, he continues until he passes out, promptly falling on top of a squirrel. The squirrel becomes frightened and shimmies up the counters. Suddenly deciding this counter is a good place to store his acorn, he jams it into the counter, rolling one of the units forward.

 

Frost, being an idiot, thinks that the other road is now less traveled and takes that one.

 

 

....let me guess, we're assuming the counters are encased in glass? XD

[Milk-Chan]

Simple. He takes the road he took to get to the fork. Then, he finds another road.

Jeez, there's no way to combat a paradox, so I won't try. But I commend you Dark, for pointing this out.

[Brushfire]

This just ruined a poem that I liked. ;\

 

This. =/

[Kitty]

This just ruined a poem that I liked. ;\

 

This. =/

 

-.- This Also.

[Dark]

I thought it was the modern day mediocre poets that were suicidal.

 

Prince Hunter? o_O

 

If he travels part of a road' date=' but turns back, although he has not completely traveled it, it will be more traveled than the road he has not set foot in.

 

 

Aren't fractions god damn wonderful?

[/quote']

 

NO FRACTIONS.

 

Smartass.

 

 

That makes no sense then.

 

By that logic, I can go to an untraveled pristine path, take a truck with snow tires (they have rather sharp studs on them to improve traction), drive back and forth on it without ever driving to the very end, drive back out the way I came, and it will still be pristine and untraveled.

 

The counter will only go up by one (and stay up by one) if you finish the path. The counter cannot process fractions. Robert Frost (in this scenario) is an idiot, and is following the counter and disregarding fractions.

 

Ah.

 

In that case, he continues until he passes out, promptly falling on top of a squirrel. The squirrel becomes frightened and shimmies up the counters. Suddenly deciding this counter is a good place to store his acorn, he jams it into the counter, rolling one of the units forward.

 

Frost, being an idiot, thinks that the other road is now less traveled and takes that one.

 

 

....let me guess, we're assuming the counters are encased in glass? XD

 

No, we are assuming that squirrels don't exist in this forest. ;D

[Raelen]

He decides to hike through the underbrush.

 

Or are we assuming that there is poison ivy in this forest?

[Dark]

He decides to hike through the underbrush.

 

Or are we assuming that there is poison ivy in this forest?

 

No' date=' we are assuming he cannot hike through the underbrush.

 

STOP COMPLICATING THINGS. He [b']must[/b] walk through one of the roads fully, and he must walk through the road with the lowest counter.

[♥ ЅϯᵲåώӀӞ℮ᴙʀɣ−ɴɨɨ−ƈħåɴ ♥]

Pave your own road. A road does not necessarily have to be pre-made in order to be considered a road.

 

[/solved]

[Dark]

Pave your own road. A road does not necessarily have to be pre-made in order to be considered a road.

 

[/solved]

 

Like I said before, Robert Frost lacks the intelligence and the materials to build a new road.

[Huntar!]

But he has the intelligence to write a deep philosophical poem?

[CeDeFiA]

So' date=' two roads diverged into a yellow wood.

 

And then Robert Frost walked along. He [b']literally[/b] wanted to take the road less traveled by.

 

The first road (henceforth referred to as Road A) had a counter to see how many people went through this road. 16 people.

 

The second road (henceforth referred to as Road B) also had a counter to see how many people went through. Again, 16 people.

 

Robert Frost literally wants to take the road less traveled by. For some odd reason.

 

He hits a dilemma. Both roads have an equal amount of people. Therefore, he cannot take the road less traveled by.

 

So he goes down Road A. Now, Road A has 17 people, and Road B has 16 people.

 

Therefore, Road B is now the road less traveled by.

 

Robert Frost exits Road A the same way he came in, making the counter 16 for both Road A and B.

 

Another dilemma.

 

So he goes down Road B, this time around. Now, Road A has 16 people, and Road B just received 1 to make 17.

 

Therefore, Road A is now the road less traveled by.

 

Robert Frost exits Road B the same way he came in, making the counter 16 for both Road A and Road B.

 

Assuming he must take one of these roads, he will continue taking Road A and Road B ad infinitum, as he will ALWAYS take the road more traveled by.

 

Discuss.

 

This just ruined a poem that I liked. ;\

 

I hate this poem.

 

I had to memorize and recite it for the 6th Grade >.>

[~/Coolio Prime\~]

But he has the intelligence to write a deep philosophical poem?

Anybody can do that.

[Yasu]

It's a paradox there's nothing to discuss. -_-

But post count +1 is always appreciated >:3.

[Dark]

But he has the intelligence to write a deep philosophical poem?

 

Like Atlas said, anyone can do that.

[~ P O L A R I S ~]

I see no reasoning to explain why it's assumed that each of these 16 people for each road travel that road an equal amount of times. Just because an equal number of people travel each road doesn't mean it's equally traveled.

[Dark]

I see know reasoning to explain why it's assumed that each of these 16 people for each road travel that road an equal amount of times.

 

Uhh... at Robert Frost's destination, there are 32 people, the A's and the B's. The 16 A's fully took Road A, and the 16 B's fully took Road B. No one else has taken either path.

 

Good enough reasoning?

 

Oh, and Robert Frost wants to go there so he can be the dictator and make everyone the C's.

[~ P O L A R I S ~]

I see no reasoning to explain why it's assumed that each of these 16 people for each road travel that road an equal amount of times.

 

Uhh... at Robert Frost's destination' date=' there are 32 people, the A's and the B's. The 16 A's fully took Road A, and the 16 B's fully took Road B. No one else has taken either path.

 

Good enough reasoning?

 

Oh, and Robert Frost wants to go there so he can be the dictator and make everyone the C's.

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And why is it impossible for one of the "A's" or "B's" to travel their respective road multiple times? =/

[Dark]

I see no reasoning to explain why it's assumed that each of these 16 people for each road travel that road an equal amount of times.

 

Uhh... at Robert Frost's destination' date=' there are 32 people, the A's and the B's. The 16 A's fully took Road A, and the 16 B's fully took Road B. No one else has taken either path.

 

Good enough reasoning?

 

Oh, and Robert Frost wants to go there so he can be the dictator and make everyone the C's.

[/quote']

 

And why is it impossible for one of the "A's" or "B's" to travel their respective road multiple times? =/

 

After a person crosses either Road A or Road B fully, the road(s) access their DNA and that same person cannot go back through either road.

 

You can only FULLY cross the road once, and that is to get inside. Once inside fully, you may not leave. But don't worry, they have an infinite amount of food, water, and other raw materials needed to live.

[Brushfire]

With that last post, you have honestly and truly killed this poem.

 

Ihateyou. D: