Comments on: I CAN HAS HYPOTHESIS? http://www.catherineomega.com/2008/07/i-can-has-hypothesis/ A blog by Catherine Winters Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:23:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AnneDroid http://www.catherineomega.com/2008/07/i-can-has-hypothesis/comment-page-1/#comment-40304 AnneDroid Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:52:57 +0000 http://www.catherineomega.com/2008/55/i-can-has-hypothesis#comment-40304 Wired has an interest in making computers in general, and the internet specifically, seem as important as possible. It is also true that theoretical mathematics have largely gone to statistical methods of verifying theories. While statistical correlations seem to be enough for popularists and panic mongers, he seems to be implying that there is no knowledge to be learned beyond this cursory view. It may in fact, be all that he's capable of understanding, but I'm glad to know that there are people in the scientific community who don't think it's good enough to classify observations as "confirmed, plausible, or busted". Wired has an interest in making computers in general, and the internet specifically, seem as important as possible. It is also true that theoretical mathematics have largely gone to statistical methods of verifying theories.

While statistical correlations seem to be enough for popularists and panic mongers, he seems to be implying that there is no knowledge to be learned beyond this cursory view. It may in fact, be all that he’s capable of understanding, but I’m glad to know that there are people in the scientific community who don’t think it’s good enough to classify observations as “confirmed, plausible, or busted”.

]]> By: Ordinal Malaprop http://www.catherineomega.com/2008/07/i-can-has-hypothesis/comment-page-1/#comment-38074 Ordinal Malaprop Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:33:48 +0000 http://www.catherineomega.com/2008/55/i-can-has-hypothesis#comment-38074 I had not seen this before, but... <i>really</i>. It is like predicting that scientific theory will be worthless because difference engines can process <i>dozens of results a second</i>, making theory pointless in the face of statistics. The cretin. I had not seen this before, but… really. It is like predicting that scientific theory will be worthless because difference engines can process dozens of results a second, making theory pointless in the face of statistics. The cretin.

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