You are standing a far ways away from the base of a tree from which a monkey is hanging on a branch exactly 5 meters above the ground.

This monkey has psychic relaxation syndrome, which means that as soon as the gun goes off, he will let go of the tree branch without realizing it and fall down.

The problem with this is the monkey will fall, and not be where it was before you shot the gun, so it will be in another spot when the bullet is next to the tree. How far below the spot where the monkey's tail is before the shot is fired should you aim so the monkey's tail will be hit regardless of its "letting go" of the tree branch?

(Assume there is zero air resistance.)

In the central African country of Gabon, the monkey is a prized game animal. Hunters track the animals through the dense rain forests, spending weeks or even months in pursuit. The most successful hunters are the ones who can follow the monkeys' movements and understand their habits https://rangefindereviews.com/why-is-fox-hunting-bad/. The monkey tail hunter is a metaphor for someone who is skillful at tracking and understanding their prey. Just as the monkey tail hunter must be familiar with the behavior of monkeys, so too must data scientists be familiar with the behavior of data.

Posted by Arthur Swanson on 2022-05-25 04:36:17