E. T. Jaynes
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flying_bear“False conclusions of just this [statistical - MK] kind are now not only causing major economical waste, but also creating unnecessary dangers to public health and safety. Society has only finite resorces to deal with such problems, so any effort expended on imaginary dangers means that real dangers are going unattended. <…>
When a data set is mutilated (or, to use common euphemism, filtered) by processing according to false assumptions, important information in it may be destroyed irreversibly.”
E. T. Jaynes, Preface to “Probability Theory” (Cambridge Univ. Press 2003)
When a data set is mutilated (or, to use common euphemism, filtered) by processing according to false assumptions, important information in it may be destroyed irreversibly.”
E. T. Jaynes, Preface to “Probability Theory” (Cambridge Univ. Press 2003)
