Fair enough. Please do note: 1) I find your writing style juvenile and distasteful. Maybe some of you yanks actually like that kind of writing. Personally, suc

Fair enough. Please do note: 1) I find your writing style juvenile and distasteful. Maybe some of you yanks actually like that kind of writing. Personally, such writing makes the reading intolerable, even if the content is interesting. 2) Still regarding 1): if you already have the fame, why do you keep writing like a disgruntled teenager desperate for attention? 3) Interestingly, I don't disagree with the points you made in the article, I just don't think that insulting your audience is the best way to make your point. Maybe some people like it. To me, it just sounds vulgar. 4) Statistics taught in undergrad and business school is pseudo-Statistics. I don't mean to be pedantic, but the truth is that only graduate-level, rigorous, Mathematical Statistics counts as "true Statistics". One does not need to know the entire field (that takes at least one lifetime), but one needs to know the fundamentals very well in order to apply them. 5) Mere mortals can only be experts in one or two things. You have programming and guitar. Sorry, but you still are no Statistics expert on my book. 10 years of R is impressive and valuable, but if you don't know the foundations, you're a technician, not a statistician. 6) My field is not Statistics. I am no expert in Statistics, and I am not qualified to write about it. I can write a blog post on Algebraic Geometry, but you would not understand it, so there's no point. 7) Unlike you, I have no interest in revealing my true identity. Unfortunately, there are evil people in this world, and whatever I would write on HN under my real name could be used against me later on. If you're not in that position and can write what the fuck you want on your blog, then I must say that I envy your freedom. To recap: writing like a teenager does alienate some readers, and calling a non-expert an expert is something to be avoided.