On 30/08/2011 07:58 PM, Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote:
I think I know several mathematicians who learning that a person asking
for help begins with trying to distinguish between knowledgeable, and
those who just think they are, will simply - to say it politely - refuse
to engage.
I didn't intend to
He said "Trying to distinguish first between knowledgeable, wise,
guru, wizard, etc." before asking the actual mathematics related
question.
Beware: the expert
"X" is an unknown quantity
"spert" is a drip under pressure
:D
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Chris Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-08-3
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 20:58 +0200, Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote:
> With all my respect:
> I think I know several mathematicians who learning that a person asking
> for help begins with trying to distinguish between knowledgeable, and
> those who just think they are, will simply - to say it politely
Andrew Coppin :
I haven't yet found anywhere where I can say "when would a chi-squared
test be more appropriate than a KS test?" and get an informed,
knowledgeable answer. (Answers from people who /know/ what they're
talking about rather than just /think/ they know.)
With all my respect:
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