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They judge the maximum likelihood answer. I take issue with your usage of the word "correct" because it can too easily be confused with "accurate."
by p0pcult 4y ago
They judge the maximum likelihood answer. I take issue with your usage of the word "correct" because it can too easily be confused with "accurate."
- idiotsecant 4y agoThe statistically correct answer is not necessarily the true one (if there is such a thing as 'truth'). Many people can believe something to be true, and if I query those people i can calculate which answer is statistically correct. That's the 'wisdom of the crowd'.
- p0pcult 4y agoCalling a flat earth or a geocentric universe "statistically correct" at past historical points is really inane, don't you think? In doing so, you abuse the notion of what statistics is supposed to represent, which is, generally, a statement of an estimate (and/or distribution), as well as the precision of that statement. Since "correct" is binary, it carries an implied precision of 100%, which renders the notion of "statistically correct" is pretty absurd.
- nradov 4y agoThe "wisdom of crowds" is mostly bullshit. It works fine for trivial things like estimating the number of beans in a jar. So what. It completely fails for anything requiring deep expertise.
- p0pcult 4y agoSeems like this is what you get when you have programmers try to be statisticians, I suppose. "Statistically correct" gobbledygook that signifies nothing.