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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by tomcam on Saturday November 03, 2018 @01:07AM (#18368815)
You rock. Thanks for your integrity. Sorry you had to go through that.

In the bigger picture, it drives me crazy that these results aren't welcomed. We learn from failures too. Funding sources should recognize this.

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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by edoo on Saturday November 03, 2018 @03:19AM (#18369131)
You could almost say we mostly learn from failures. If you had blind success with a complex method the only way to test the limits would be tweaking it to failure.
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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by tomcam on Saturday November 03, 2018 @08:42PM (#18373338)
That's an incredibly eloquent way to put it. Even though it's how I live most of my life I was never smart enough to express it like you did. Thank you.
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