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> Civilians just can’t remember that it is forbidden in frequentist theory to talk of the probability of a theory’s or a hypothesis’s truth. Oh. How we all wis
by light_hue_1 4y ago
> Civilians just can’t remember that it is forbidden in frequentist theory to talk of the probability of a theory’s or a hypothesis’s truth.
Oh. How we all wish the word civilian here din't mean scientists in every field publishing in every journal.
And how I wish my reviewers didn't force people to do this :(
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- Victerius 4y agoIt's fucking weird. If you're not wearing a military uniform, with rank, you're a civilian. This includes all scientists, except some folks at the NOAA and Public Health Service Commissioned Corps maybe.
- oldgradstudent 4y agoIt's a common metaphor. Civilian is someone who's never been in the armed forced and therefore ignorant of how things really work in the military and in battle. So it's basically a metaphor for a someone who's never studied statistics in depth and therefore ignorant of how statistic really work.