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by epgui 3y ago
Probably most people who do statistics. R sucks as a language but it excels at that specific application, just because of its tremendous ecosystem (putting even python to shame in some niche areas).
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by epgui 3y ago
+1, this is a great textbook, and not just for social sciences as the second header would suggest.
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As much as I appreciate and love all pedagogical endeavours in the field, especially in the form of open texts, I really, really, really dislike this overall approach to teaching introductory statistics. I'm hoping to see, over time, a
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by epgui 3y ago
I think you are mischaracterizing both the nature of Bayesian probability updates, and also the foundation underlying scientific expertise. In the first case, prior probabilities are more often than not weakly informative. In the latter cas
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I hate conversational moving targets so much, because it shows people are quicker to speak than to listen.
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> how it’s presented in public discourse My problem is that this article is not helping in this regard.
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Nobody who works in the field believes global warming is “only” due to greenhouse gases… So much for the premise of the article.
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History is not a guide for healthy nutrition.
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IMO, knot theory is not as closely related to shoe-tying as programming is to algebra...
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> Honestly, category theory is more useful for programming language designers than for programmers in general. Probably true. However... I wouldn't take that comment too far. IMO if more programmers took interest in the subject, the
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It is used everywhere. ML/AI would be a good example.
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Because many people (myself included) find it A) interesting, and/or; B) useful.
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The attitude that a serious academic subject has no practical application is pretty anti-intellectual: it's a good heuristic to say that it's probably wrong.
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Long term retention requires spaced repetition of course. But I think the stressful pace does help not get bogged down on a first pass of the material. It's impossible to cover everything about a topic in a short amount of time, but wh
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If you’re spending more than a few months on a topic you might be doing it wrong. I find that following a slightly stressful fast-paced schedule is actually kind of important for effective learning.
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Lisp is in no way closer to SQL syntax than languages like python. On the contrary, lisp syntax is much more regular.
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I don’t believe there is a SQL standard.
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I think so, yes. You start with axioms, and the proof follows from those. You can argue whether that’s interesting or not, but IMO it’s as much a proof as anything can be, and IMO it’s very interesting.
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Yes, it’s a formal science.
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Mathematics and computer science are both in the category of formal science.
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The other category of science is called formal science.
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A strong sense of civil responsibility and decorum, maybe?
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in the “natural sciences”
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- It’s not meant to be a “gotcha” - It’s not about enforcing anything on anyone, I think you’re missing the point - Thank you for your contribution
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> "innocent until proven guilty" only applies in a court of law No, it doesn't "only" apply in a court of law. I choose to apply it in my own psyche (which breaks the "only"), and I choose to do so beca
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This is a distortion of the statement that was actually made / what is actually claimed.
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Agreed with everything except for this wording: > The Canadian government guarantees this and the Indian government interfered with this sovereignty as alleged. I would have said instead: "The Canadian government guarantees this and
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This article is simply based on an uncharitable interpretation of the triune brain model. Literally nobody I know in the field believes in the cartoon-like description given by the article, and none of my introductory textbooks (I have quit
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Nothing
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I’ve always felt that “data science” is for people who want to do the job of a statistician but who don’t know what a statistician does haha

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