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> We don’t need statistics to learn about the world. A sentence, written by the author on, commented by me on and read by the HN community on devices, which ex
by NumberCruncher 4y ago
> We don’t need statistics to learn about the world.
A sentence, written by the author on, commented by me on and read by the HN community on devices, which exist only thanks to 80-90 years of rigorous, statistics based QA in engineering, especially in mechanical/hardware engineering.
Anyhow, after spending years on a team filled with social science PHDs, I would not waste my time on reading papers about statistical analysis done by social scientist.
- Traster 4y agoI don't think your interpreting the sentence correctly, I think it's more correct to read it as: > We don't [only] need [the formal discipline of mathematics known as] statistics to learn about the world. Sure, there are things you can only functionally ascertain through statistical analysis. But not everything in the world needs rigorous statistics.
- NumberCruncher 4y ago> I don't think your interpreting the sentence correctly And I think you are injecting the words "only", "there are" and "everything" here and there just to change the meaning of the sentences I quoted and I have written...
- snovv_crash 4y agoWe don't need != We don't only need. First one means "throw it away". Second one means "add other things too".