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>Always interesting to see outsiders writing papers about this I don't think you know who andrew gelman is. Additionally, that's not the conclusion derived fro
by nojito 4y ago
>Always interesting to see outsiders writing papers about this
I don't think you know who andrew gelman is. Additionally, that's not the conclusion derived from this study.
- mgraczyk 4y agoThe actual conclusion of the study is so absurd that it's not worth engaging with seriously. That is, to maximally understand, and therefore predict, consumer preferences is likely to require information outside of data on choices and behavior, but also on what it is like to be human. I was responding to the interpretation from the blog post, which is more reasonable.
- mellavora 4y agook, let me help you out: http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/ http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gelman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gelman which would give strong prior evidence that the author's writing is not absurd. Note also that he has strong connections to a leading psychologists meaning he has some background on human choices and behavior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Gelman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Gelman Please be careful with attack statements such as "so absurd that it's not worth engaging with seriously" which some feel are out of character with HN.
- mgraczyk 4y agoHe didn't write the paper I'm criticizing
- nojito 4y agoWhat’s "absurd" about it?