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Random anecdotal support: Richard Feynmann was an accomplished drummer, capable of exotic polyrhythms. He didn't seem to think his skill at drumming had much r
by jcl 19y ago
Random anecdotal support: Richard Feynmann was an accomplished drummer, capable of exotic polyrhythms. He didn't seem to think his skill at drumming had much relevance to his skill at science, however:
http://chemeng.iisc.ernet.in/alumni/rpf.html http://chemeng.iisc.ernet.in/alumni/rpf.html
In light of this article, he may well have been wrong. :)
- Herring 19y ago"anectodal support" is an oxymoron. You need many data points to show a correlation. Adding one more doesn't mean anything at all, whether it's an outlier or not.
- jcl 19y agoI entirely agree. I wasn't trying to prove anything -- much the opposite: I used an intentionally silly expression to indicate that while the fact agreed with the conclusions drawn in the article, it had no real statistical relevance. I nonetheless found it interesting.