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You did not look very well. The article by T.L. Freeman exists. It is in: http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Journal-Irreproducible-Results/dp/0894805959 http://ww

by Jorian 14y ago

You did not look very well. The article by T.L. Freeman exists. It is in: http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Journal-Irreproducible-Results/dp/0894805959 http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Journal-Irreproducible-Result...

Groxx 14y ago
You're not looking very well either. The author / pen-name / anything sounding anything like the article isn't in any of the information on the Amazon page, nor is it anywhere in JIR's list of 'selected pseudonyms'. Google searches of www.jir.com find nothing, nor does going through a large portion of the site that I could find. To be clear, I admit it's possible, maybe even likely. But nobody has shown any evidence that it's true, just a claim and a link to a page that does nothing to support it.
- Jorian 14y ago
  It is not on the internet, so it doesn't exist? I happen to have that bundle somewhere in my basement but won't bother to dig it up. I remember that joke-publication quite well. Even if it's not to be found on the web, it's at least referenced by others. That's an easy find. http://acacia.atspace.eu/papers/FeelOlder.pdf http://acacia.atspace.eu/papers/FeelOlder.pdf Note that that one was published in '91, so before the article by Professor Pi.
  - Groxx 14y ago
    Not at all. But if it's not on either site pointed to as evidence, it's not evidence. It's like saying "unicorns exist, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat ". Or "unicorns exist, I have a photo in my basement". Why would I expect anyone to take that as proof?
    - Jorian 14y ago
      No, you pose this as an argumentum ex silentio instead of a simply asking for a link to the reference or even a copy of the article. So why should I be bothered to dig this thing out of my library? Well, at least I gave you a reference to the article. Finding that reference should have taken you no more than two minutes.

by Jorian 14y ago

Groxx 14y ago

You're not looking very well either. The author / pen-name / anything sounding anything like the article isn't in any of the information on the Amazon page, nor is it anywhere in JIR's list of 'selected pseudonyms'. Google searches of www.jir.com find nothing, nor does going through a large portion of the site that I could find. To be clear, I admit it's possible, maybe even likely. But nobody has shown any evidence that it's true, just a claim and a link to a page that does nothing to support it.

Jorian 14y ago
It is not on the internet, so it doesn't exist? I happen to have that bundle somewhere in my basement but won't bother to dig it up. I remember that joke-publication quite well. Even if it's not to be found on the web, it's at least referenced by others. That's an easy find. http://acacia.atspace.eu/papers/FeelOlder.pdf http://acacia.atspace.eu/papers/FeelOlder.pdf Note that that one was published in '91, so before the article by Professor Pi.
- Groxx 14y ago
  Not at all. But if it's not on either site pointed to as evidence, it's not evidence. It's like saying "unicorns exist, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat ". Or "unicorns exist, I have a photo in my basement". Why would I expect anyone to take that as proof?
  - Jorian 14y ago
    No, you pose this as an argumentum ex silentio instead of a simply asking for a link to the reference or even a copy of the article. So why should I be bothered to dig this thing out of my library? Well, at least I gave you a reference to the article. Finding that reference should have taken you no more than two minutes.