The Wisdom of Crowds is a theory that a crowd of people can determine a value based on the average.

In this case let us determine "the average age of shriners" by placing estimates below. Someone can do the calculation when a bunch of values have been registered.

Kicking off with...

29

I will say that people round these parts are younger than they seem. It's happened to me 4 times now, where the people I'm close with I thought were older than they actually are.

Aww DAK, That Means Nothing, People are the Same, and Treat each other as such. Age matters not.

29

Adding to the average with the same Number. :)

18, I'm still a young unexperienced guy :p

But that doesn't mean I'm an idiot though.. just sometimes. :P

14.

300+ (Lost Track After The First Curse od Storybrooke)

... Since the dawn of time...

... Since the dawn of time...

....and the creation of the universe....

Infinitude.

https://comeandwatchwithme.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/benjamin-button.gif

:laugh: nice

I'm 28.

Put your own estimate of what you think the average age is. While values like "infinite" and "since the dawn of time" have philosophical validity, my calculator won't play ball with those!

Incidentally, if anyone's got an idea for another Wisdom of Crowds test, let's hear it.

:laugh: nice

It's the first thing that popped into my mind :)
To answer the question, I'm 26.

Very interesting thread..

I'm 29.

Emotionally I feel 25, physically I feel 80 some days, chronologically I am 49.

I am 47, nearly 48.

I admire the brave ones who do not hesitate to tell their age.

I admire the brave ones who do not hesitate to tell their age.

Same here and I'm shocked so many people have stated their age. I've never liked people knowing my age, only my family and close friends do. That's the one thing about me I always like to keep ambiguous. I don't look my age, never have. So I love it when my coworkers try to trick me into telling them how old I actually am. They'll ask what year I was born, when I graduated high school, how old I was when this happened, etc. Sometimes I'll get mistaken for a student when I'm at a school. Hell, if I didn't have facial hair who knows how old I'd look...

Well, DAKoftheOTA, PonyoBellanote, I'm a little bemused myself. This thread was set up to test our (the shriners) collective wisdom to guesstimate the average age. I would never ask anyone for personal details.

However, what we now have are two lots of data - one set from those who made a guess (Azetlor you could be the winner with your estimate), and another set of voluntarily offered data, a random sample if you will of shriners. So we'll see how it goes on for both.

I don't mind people knowing my age. Especially if I've been with them through almost 2,000 posts.
I know what I'm doing on the interwebs. I can spot a predator from a mile off.

I don't mind people knowing my age. Especially if I've been with them through almost 2,000 posts.
I know what I'm doing on the interwebs. I can spot a predator from a mile off.

Yeah well look behind you

http://imgur.com/1ZKFN23.gif

I looked behind me. My teddy bear I've had since childhood was staring at me.
HE'S THE ONE!

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I'll go with 26. i'm not sure if that's been said before.

I've already revealed my age elsewhere in another thread, but as so many others have here, I'm 15. "Big whoop, wanna fight about it?" :p

I'm 48 turning into 49 very soon... :(

I'm 48 turning into 49 very soon... :(

Late 40s to early 50s I don't consider old, if you think you are old, you're wrong. Old is more like late 80s or along those lines, but often it depends. My father is 67 or 69 (one of those) and he doesn't look a day over 50. :p

I will be 21 in September.

Oh?

16 in July for me.

Oh?

16 in July for me.

It really makes me happy to know that not all hope is lost, in that there are still young folk of this generation who take the time to appreciate film and video game scores, people who readily acknowledge the intricacies and development of such and have a passion for it. Makes me REALLY happy considering no one I know here that is that age has even listened to any sort of realm of orchestral music.

Kids today don't have favorite artists or music. They just listen to whatever is the flavor of the week.

Kids today don't have favorite artists or music. They just listen to whatever is the flavor of the week.

This is very true. The other night I was hanging out with one of my corworkers (she's 16) down at the breakwater. I asked her what her if she had a favourite song or musician and she showed me her phone which was littered with most of today's popular rap artists. And nothing else. "It's a phase" she said. And it really is just that, like you said, Skeleton. Kids these days are trapped by whatever is the hottest bilboard topper of the week. I often turn the radio off at work because having to hear the top 40 for 80 hours really just gives me a headache. Luckily we've got an aux cord. I put my own music on when we do our close.

*inset A Series of Unfortunate Events "Kids today" gif here, if it exists*

I kind of wish it wasn't this way, I don't even wanna know what's 'in' right now. I've been exposed to what has been in this whole decade (or as long as I've been aware), and I've not been into it.
Do any really like it when they say they do? Or when they listen to it? It's seems kind of like taking what's put in front of you and not seeking out anything else. At all.

If they're thinking that it's a good way to fit in, it's not.
I would like to think I can find and make friends with somebody in the town I live in, the same age, that has a similar music taste to what I like, but I think that might be a hard task.

I would like to think I can find and make friends with somebody in the town I live in, that has a similar music taste to what I like, but I think that might be a hard task.

It would mean getting off the compuper chair... sounds like it would be quite an effort.

I'm not leaving this chair until I've heard all music ever. :laugh:

But really, I get out enough to have a good idea that finding somebody would be difficult. I'm not - we're not the majority of the population. :p
Everyone around my age group, I've met that I got along with, then and now, I only had the mainstream in common with. Star Wars, etc.
And, not one of the those people liked even The Beatles, let alone heard of them, if that tells you anything.

I would like to think I can find and make friends with somebody in the town I live in, the same age, that has a similar music taste to what I like, but I think that might be a hard task.


It would mean getting off the compuper chair... sounds like it would be quite an effort.

I've been into film music since around 2007 and since then, after having graduated high school, spent three years so far in college and working fulltime at a restaurant with over 100 employees and a high turnover, I have no met one single person who shared my affinity for film scores, except for maybe one. Our interests aren't exact as he favourite video game scores and doesn't really bother with film music, but it's better than nothing. But still, to meet someone who shares exactly how I feel about music, I don't know, it may never happen in real life, unless I meet one of you.

I've already revealed my age elsewhere in another thread, but as so many others have here, I'm 15. "Big whoop, wanna fight about it?" :p

Hold on.
You mean to tell me I'm one year older than you?
Wow...

I've been into film music since around 2007 and since then, after having graduated high school, spent three years so far in college and working fulltime at a restaurant with over 100 employees and a high turnover, I have no met one single person who shared my affinity for film scores, except for maybe one. Our interests aren't exact as he favourite video game scores and doesn't really bother with film music, but it's better than nothing. But still, to meet someone who shares exactly how I feel about music, I don't know, it may never happen in real life, unless I meet one of you.

That's it. We should totally all do a big meet-up. It would be great. :laugh:

But where would we meet? :p


Hold on.
You mean to tell me I'm one year older than you?
Wow...

'Wow' what? :p

What month were you born in?

Let's all show up to DAK's place uninvited.

:laugh:

'Wow' what? :p

What month were you born in?

January.
I keep forgetting to put months into consideration.
Though it's really the age that matters now.
Day comes later, when it's more obligatory than anything.

Let's all show up to DAK's place uninvited.

The conservatory of music here would be a nice place to meet.

Sounds boring.

That's it. We should totally all do a big meet-up. It would be great. :laugh:

But where would we meet? :p

Las Vegas? That's the only place I ever visit nowadays.
Because El Salvador would have too little to it.

Also, my parents wouldn't approve of me meeting people from the internet.
Maybe once I get in college...

January.
I keep forgetting to put months into consideration.
Though it's really the age that matters now.
Day comes later, when it's more obligatory than anything.

Yeah. I mean, I'm an age July - July, you're an age in January - January, but considering we're only 6 months apart, it's isn't too much a difference. :p

We're one year apart, technically.


Las Vegas? That's the only place I ever visit nowadays.
Because El Salvador would have too little to it.

Also, my parents wouldn't approve of me meeting people from the internet.
Maybe once I get in college...

I've been to New Orleans and back in 2011. Then we planned on and went down there around in August, 2012. We were at my Aunt's in Oakdale, Louisiana, and were about to leave for when news on the hurricane broke, thank god we didn't go. So we decided to go to Austin, Texas instead.

Both great experiences.

Music is in the ear of the beholder.

Let's all show up to DAK's place uninvited.

I like mah guns. Father and brother were in the army, house is loaded. But sure, most of you are welcome. It wouldn't be the first time a Shriner entered my house.

I like mah guns. Father and brother were in the army, house is loaded. But sure, most of you are welcome. It wouldn't be the first time a Shriner entered my house.
Are they though? You told me straight that you would never ever want to meet me in person.