tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post6584750626479580635..comments2023-03-26T03:50:25.501-04:00Comments on David's Secret Blog: Now We Go AhuntingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-84189293900602663482007-03-04T14:56:00.000-05:002007-03-04T14:56:00.000-05:00There's no one good answer to that. It has to do ...There's no one good answer to that. It has to do with my mood on the day I set up the blog and my odd sense of humor. It has to do with the fact that I posted for a while before I let anyone know about the blog. I also wanted someplace I could park thoughts on things that I was working on/thinking about. It also has to do with the fundamental life change I might go through with in the next few months.<BR/><BR/>Just a whole lotta reasons.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-67682220977054795952007-03-04T10:08:00.000-05:002007-03-04T10:08:00.000-05:00David, may one ask why the secret blog?David, may one ask why the secret blog?erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-39904845531627359352007-03-03T15:54:00.000-05:002007-03-03T15:54:00.000-05:00Even conceptually, without statistics, the idea th...Even conceptually, without statistics, the idea that by piling up a lot of mediocre results, you can get a better result is dubious.<BR/><BR/>Jim Lindgren at Volokh Conspiracy is often good on absurd statistics.<BR/><BR/>And I am looking forward to receiving a copy of "Useless Arithmetic," which got a favorable mention in the NY Times (that I very much doubt will affect the miserable level of reporting on statistically-derived concepts).<BR/><BR/>It is by Orrin Pilkey, whose work on coastal erosion I admire, and reportedly it has a lot to say about General Circulaton Models, little of it good.Harry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.com