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Author Topic: The chimera function?  (Read 1814 times)

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Re: The chimera function?
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2009, 05:24:17 pm »

I'd like to note that there's an inherent problem with your chimera function.  It's not a 1:1 map.  As this thread demonstrates, for any two input variables there are a great many possible outputs.  So if you want a well-defined function you're really going about it the wrong way.  I don't think there's any good way to do it, actually.  The list of necessary variables is probably too great for anyone (even a group of people) to put together.  Any list you create will be very incomplete, I'm sure.

So, basically, were I you, I'd abandon the idea of a "chimera function" and just handle things on a case by case basis.  You may not create a "realistic" horse-man (as opposed to horseman :P ), but so long as it's identifiably influenced by both horses and humans it should be good enough.
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