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I'd be complaining after my hour-long bike ride each morning, and the hour-long bike ride back home. I live 15 miles from my office, and would have to seriously book it to make it in an hour.
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I'd love an hour ride to and from work.
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So I left for the warmer climes of MN, where I provided the statistical support for the finance department of a Fortune 100 company. One of my primary responsibilities was working with financial forecasting models of various sorts. About a year ago, a friend gave my name to a healthcare organization here in MN. They contacted me, I listened, and I eventually took their offer to provide statistical support to their marketing department. Segmentation, conjoint analysis, customer satisfaction surveys, that sort of thing. So I'm a bit of a "jack of all trades, master of none" when it comes to statistics. |
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All his references are right there in permanent ink. Those who don't want to know the truth just refuse to read it (kind of like the Book of Mormon ).
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Regarding Stott, even if he has never published in this field, he makes some very good points and raises some very good questions. To point out that he hasn't published in the area seems a fairly weak response--why not just answer his points? From my view, this is the mistake the anti-resolution folks made in the debate--they continued to ignore the arguments made, repeating the idea that the consensus of scientist agree with global warming. As one of the speakers put it, relying on "consensus" is the sign of a weak argument. I don't know what the answer on this subject is. I would like to place my faith in scientific research but I know very well that scientists are human and susceptible to trends. I'm also very surprised at the weakness of the arguments put forward on their side. Are they just picking poor representatives? Comparing global warming to a child's fever? Really? That's the analogy? I'm looking for a reason to support them, but I haven't heard a single response to a number of objections other than "just trust us". |
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Actually, concensus among the top scientists in a given field is a sign of strength, not weakness. It's not a guarantee, but it indicates a preponderance of evidence.
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The people elected to the National Academies of Science have distinguished academic careers and are generally the best and the brightest in their fields. Do you honestly believe that they could publish hundreds of articles in the top peer-reviewed academic journals and not understand basic statistics? Or that the whole process can be boiled down to a multi-variate regression analysis? You haven't a clue what the peer-review process is like or what degree of rigor is applied at this level of scientific research. But wait! You have a bachelor's degree. From Brigham freakin' Young, by God. Not only that, you are over-qualified to dismiss all of this work. Sure, buddy.
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