To think the Chinese gender prediction calculator is always accurate?

Dreamingofthree · 2024-10-21T21:15:26+00:00

Eerily so for me and everyone i know (who’s had kids) is there anyone out there who’s it’s not been accurate for link below [[https://www.babycenter.com/chinese-gender-predictor https://www.babycenter.com/chinese-gender-predictor]] Yabu- it’s not always write, it’s not science. Yanbu- it’s been bang on for everyone I know, it’s magic

Bellatrixpure · 24/10/2024 22:21

Didn’t work for any of my children

HashBrownandBeans · 22/10/2024 20:30

This was correct for all three of my pregnancies

89redballoons · 22/10/2024 20:23

For me it's right for DC1, wrong for DC2, so a 50% hit rate which is what you'd expect.

Krampers · 22/10/2024 20:05

I mean there is a 50% success rate.
it is lighthearted… not meant to be taken seriously but a bit of fun.

ChannelLightVessel · 22/10/2024 19:52

Ooh, it’s uncanny, it predicted a boy. I have DD(15) - but my two cats are male.

CurlewKate · 22/10/2024 19:02

I understand randomness. It took me quite a long time, but I do understand it. I don't understand the statement that a tool, even a tool that predicts randomly is better than just guessing. Please can someone explain? 🙏🙏

Hagr1d · 22/10/2024 17:47

Wrong for all 3 of mine.

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 22/10/2024 17:30

I had my knitting patterns spreadsheet open so I went through the thread trying to add up the wrongs and rights.

It's approx 61 right guesses and 109 wring ones.
There's a poster that said she got 20 correct but I didn't know if she was joking or not. If she meant it then that adds another 20 to the right section making it an 81/109

Which is pretty much within what you'd get tossing a coin 190 times

To think the Chinese gender prediction calculator is always accurate?

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 22/10/2024 17:27

So it's tossing a coin then?
It's a physical object rather than a pretend lawnmower but it's pure chance just like this bollocks 'tool'?

Bagpuss83 · 22/10/2024 17:25

Reserved101 · 22/10/2024 17:21

Has anyone tried using a lawnmower to predict sex?

I know the answer to this:

There once was a man called Vaughan, who tried to mow the lawn
One day he went crackers and cut off his knackers
Now everyone calls him Dawn!

I thank you! :)

Bagpuss83 · 22/10/2024 17:22

Reserved101 · 22/10/2024 17:14

Surely Bagpuss is trolling...

I think it's the other way round. People are opening up new debates all around me!

I don't think it's deliberate though to confuse people or to try to wind me up. I get that this is a confusing and counterintuitive topic.

We probably might as well leave it for a bit as it's off topic and derailing what was a fun thread for people. I didn't mean that, but I was invited to explain my original comment so I have been (trying to).

Maybe I'll try again when I'm not so frazzled after work and feeling fresher to start from the start with it.

Reserved101 · 22/10/2024 17:21

Has anyone tried using a lawnmower to predict sex?

Soapy23 · 22/10/2024 17:20

Only right for 1 of my 3 kids

HaddyAbrams · 22/10/2024 17:18

Just realised I got my own results wrong. Apparently working out how old I was when I conceived was too difficult!
So it's right 50% of the time for me.

Incidentally, IIRC, the "ring test" was also right 50% of the time. As was my Grandmother's prediction.

Bjorkdidit · 22/10/2024 17:18

Bagpuss83 · 22/10/2024 17:14

It does nothing? It gives you an answer. That's not nothing.
It's not the same as the pretend lawnmower at all - which actually does do nothing.

But, as I say, you're slyly steering this into a different direction and sowing confusion. You're looking to have a whole different debate than where this started. I've given you some ammo to do so in my first paragraph but, that reply is in response to altered terms.

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But guessing also gives an answer. We're just asking you to prove that the answer given by the tool is better than the answer given by randomly picking boy or girl, eg by tossing a coin.

Bagpuss83 · 22/10/2024 17:17

Bjorkdidit · 22/10/2024 17:13

A stopped clock is right twice a day.

@Bagpuss83 if the tool doesn't do nothing, what does it do? What factors does it assess when making it's prediction?

Right, now you're trying to change the terms to something else than the last poster. If I read you right, you're looking to debate the inner workings of the tool. That's another topic/angle again.

We can't have 3 different debates going on. I think enough people are confused enough as it is

WiserOlderElf · 22/10/2024 17:16

Reserved101 · 22/10/2024 17:14

Surely Bagpuss is trolling...

I think so 😬

Reserved101 · 22/10/2024 17:14

Surely Bagpuss is trolling...

Bagpuss83 · 22/10/2024 17:14

WiserOlderElf · 22/10/2024 17:08

But the Chinese prediction tool does do nothing. The end result is the same, whether you use it or not. Just like the end result is the same if you use a pretend lawn mower or if you use no lawn mower at all.

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It does nothing? It gives you an answer. That's not nothing.
It's not the same as the pretend lawnmower at all - which actually does do nothing.

But, as I say, you're slyly steering this into a different direction and sowing confusion. You're looking to have a whole different debate than where this started. I've given you some ammo to do so in my first paragraph but, that reply is in response to altered terms.

Bjorkdidit · 22/10/2024 17:13

A stopped clock is right twice a day.

@Bagpuss83 if the tool doesn't do nothing, what does it do? What factors does it assess when making it's prediction?

custardcreamsies · 22/10/2024 17:12

Just checked it was right for me, DM and paternal DGM. Wasn’t right for everyone else I could think of though!.

WiserOlderElf · 22/10/2024 17:08

Bagpuss83 · 22/10/2024 17:05

Well, now you're completely changing the terms of the discussion - with this pretend tool angle. We've not been talking about a tool that does nothing (ie doesn't cut the grass, as your pretend lawnmower wouldn't).

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But the Chinese prediction tool does do nothing. The end result is the same, whether you use it or not. Just like the end result is the same if you use a pretend lawn mower or if you use no lawn mower at all.

Bagpuss83 · 22/10/2024 17:05

WiserOlderElf · 22/10/2024 16:55

You’ve explained, but your explanation is nonsensical. If a tool is completely made up and based on nothing, it is no better than using no tool at all. It’s like saying a pretend lawn mower is better than using no lawn mower.

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Well, now you're completely changing the terms of the discussion - with this pretend tool angle. We've not been talking about a tool that does nothing (ie doesn't cut the grass, as your pretend lawnmower wouldn't).

taggy321 · 22/10/2024 17:04

Weirdly right for both of mine!

WiserOlderElf · 22/10/2024 16:55

Bagpuss83 · 22/10/2024 16:54

Ok. I'm sorry I've been unable to explain it to you.

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You’ve explained, but your explanation is nonsensical. If a tool is completely made up and based on nothing, it is no better than using no tool at all. It’s like saying a pretend lawn mower is better than using no lawn mower.