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Addendum to 2, could also be Steve cutting the disosusicn off because he thinks Lubos is misguided and doesn't want people on his side advancing dumb arguments. But if so, why not argue the specific maths. Also, when he does this too much, the whole thing becomes overcontrolled. Is free, even on topic disosusicn allowed? Or is the place just a fancy way of Steve advancing a viewpoint? Certainly, he tends to use the place as a method of replying to other people's blogs and comments, where he can control the publishing (there are good and bad reasons for doing this btw).
By: | Sep 27, 2013 | Report Comment
Willard:I've had the experience with both Tammy and Ross of anskig certain critical questions and then having them NOT address the issue, but instead give me a lecture on the basics of PCA. The weird thing was that BOTH understanding these basics was NOT needed to resolve my question (honest it wasn't, I realize sometimes you might need that but I'm technically astute across fields and can usually tell where my gaps are and whether they are impacting the problem under consideration) AND even after the basics lesson, they don't answer the question.Stick with Steve for a second: When I ask for quantifications, that's just a natural IMPULSE of any kind of scientist, heck of any kind of business analyst to get his hands around what is up for discussion. The evasions and such from Steve are a bad sign. He has time to write long, snarky, mudthrowing posts (sometimes repeating them years later), but won't engage and push the thinking. Take me out of the equation: Steve has blathered a lot about bad apples (series which are overly influential in the reconstruction) and Ed Zorita challenged him with how can I respond unless you mathematically define bad apple . Here, Steve is getting a real practiced scientist giving him a great critical question and he BLOWS IT OFF. And Zorita is a prince of a man, both in sweetness and fairness. Along with being a middling good workerbee scientist. By the way, note that Steve conflates two issues appleness with badness . (Essentially series of a shape that will be amplified (apple) and series that are wrong (contaminated by non-climatic driver). It's certainly possible to think about apple amplification independant of badness and visaversa. And his tests and discussion (paltry as they are) reflect appleness not badness. But he's so warped, he can't disaggregate the issues. -Sorry, if I seem coy or unresponsive to your questions. You are a very engaging, bright fellow and I would like to look you manly in the eye and answer questions (sorry, will be long, I'm too lazy and stupid to be terse.) Someimes, you seem to say something and I don't really know what you mean from your allusions and all (maybe language as well on your side, and my lack of ANY training in formal methods at all.)[DC: IIRC, Willard was anskig you for a specific thread example of a general complaint about CA you made elsewhere (I'll let Willard say what it was). Then when you didn't, he just made a guess. But the original question was many comments ago. ]
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I was studying sotnmhieg else about this on another blog. Interesting. Your position on it is diametrically opposed to what I read earlier. I am still reflecting over the different points of view, but I'm inclined heavily toward yours. And irrespective, that's what is so good about modern-day democracy and the marketplace of ideas on-line.
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