Cheers, Ill look those guys up. I do think 2 things are happening here though. I think firstly Zed's style doesn't really appeal to you - which is fine, I can

Cheers, Ill look those guys up. I do think 2 things are happening here though. I think firstly Zed's style doesn't really appeal to you - which is fine, I can see how he wouldn't gel with lots of people. As a result the second thing happens, his content seems irrelevant. As someone who quite enjoys his approach :) I found quite a bit of useful content. I dont think the point is really to infuse a deep understanding of statistics - it's to correct some common mistakes hackers like us make when playing with stats :) For example I scanned the blogs of those 2 names you mention and their stuff certainly seems interesting; but frankly I didnt notice anything massively relevant to things I might need to use day to day in my "startup". Zed's stuff I've already taken to heart and corrected some of my "work practices" when dealing with stats. As to the rest I think it is just a case of differing definitions of expert :) as I said "experienced" is a better word to use - assuming our definitions match :P.