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The apparent total lack of understanding from the US congress about the very things they legislate upon strikes me lately. I'm a Canadian myself and our curren
by pwny 14y ago
The apparent total lack of understanding from the US congress about the very things they legislate upon strikes me lately.
I'm a Canadian myself and our current government isn't any better (or only slightly) in this regard. It seems to me that the basic step would be to ensure you understand what you're talking about before trying to make up laws.
What the hell is wrong with these people. Randomness in the chosen dataset is an inherent concept of statistics. Any high schooler is familiar with this for christ's sake.
- tankenmate 14y agoWhat's intriguing is that his bio on his congress homepage says that he has an engineering background; it kinda makes you wonder what kind of engineering. http://webster.house.gov/Biography/ http://webster.house.gov/Biography/
- yzhengyu 14y agoVery few people I know are aware of statistical research and how it is to be done to avoid bias, etc. I would not be surprised that Senator Webster is unaware. Especially since he has spent most of his working life as a politician.