tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post8846756408631779103..comments2024-03-14T03:14:22.144-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: The Wonderful World of Statistics - Part IITheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-75219620042563694652013-05-04T12:43:17.079-04:002013-05-04T12:43:17.079-04:00This is not evidence that global warming is wrong....This is not evidence that global warming is wrong. (We can only hope it is right. A colder earth kills. And we are perilously close to the lower CO2 limit where photosynthesis shuts down.) The point is the perils of model-building. That's why I used an example from my professional past rather than climate, per se. To a statistician, things that appear different in subject matter can be very much alike in structure. It is much easier to understand the problems using a neutral example than an example in which one has righteousness invested. <br /><br /><i>"There are people who just need a cause that’s bigger than themselves. Then they can feel virtuous and say other people are not virtuous."<br />-- William Happer, physicist, Princeton</i>TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-1627731977694489132013-05-04T12:10:03.529-04:002013-05-04T12:10:03.529-04:00Excellent article that I didn't really underst...Excellent article that I didn't really understand. I'm always amazed at how statistics simply muddle my brain. I wonder outloud how many Climatologists suffer from the same issue and use the simplest statistical calculation possible in order to produce a graph, any graph for their presentation. <br /><br />BTW: Can you add a "global warming" tag to this? On the very rare occasion I get asked why I'm a CCD (Climate change denier) I follow the tags backwards. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750763393428404220noreply@blogger.com