Comments on: The Enemies of Reason II: Richard Dawkins on Homeopathy http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/ Chinese, Linguistics, Science, Cultural Observations and whatever else I feel like writing about Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:54:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/comment-page-1/#comment-108409 Mark Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:51:10 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/#comment-108409 Mathematical blunders by experts in court have very, very long and varied history. The problem is that most don't realize when they don't understand something. It's the same here. The number of wrong answers on my poll outnumbering those who said they couldn't solve it by a ratio of over 40 to 1! <blockquote>how could you do that to me? to my sense of self as a problem solver?</blockquote> If I've made you a more cautious problem solver, that's a <i>good</i> thing... especially if you are or will be an expert. Mathematical blunders by experts in court have very, very long and varied history. The problem is that most don’t realize when they don’t understand something. It’s the same here. The number of wrong answers on my poll outnumbering those who said they couldn’t solve it by a ratio of over 40 to 1!

how could you do that to me? to my sense of self as a problem solver?

If I’ve made you a more cautious problem solver, that’s a good thing… especially if you are or will be an expert.

]]> By: v http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/comment-page-1/#comment-108195 v Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:28:33 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/#comment-108195 i agree, because of protein sequencing, gene sequencing, etc. but was that probability puzzle related to the probability involved in expert witness testimony vis a vis your intro to that 'simple' puzzle? i don't think so.later you called it a 'novel' puzzle, unlike the usual examples of probability we come across. therefore i must accuse you of false advertising in the set up to your puzzle challenge. false advertising that made most of us approach the problem in a traditional way. how could you do that to me? to my sense of self as a problem solver? you can see from some of the responses you got that many are still reeling from our failure to get the correct answer...! for that you shall pay in bad karma. i agree, because of protein sequencing, gene sequencing, etc. but was that probability puzzle related to the probability involved in expert witness testimony vis a vis your intro to that ’simple’ puzzle? i don’t think so.later you called it a ‘novel’ puzzle, unlike the usual examples of probability we come across. therefore i must accuse you of false advertising in the set up to your puzzle challenge. false advertising that made most of us approach the problem in a traditional way. how could you do that to me? to my sense of self as a problem solver? you can see from some of the responses you got that many are still reeling from our failure to get the correct answer…! for that you shall pay in bad karma.

]]> By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/comment-page-1/#comment-108183 Mark Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:49:54 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/#comment-108183 It's basically the intersection of computer science and biology-- sequencing DNA and making sense of it and that sort of thing. Believe it or not, that <a href="/2007/a-simple-probability-puzzle/" rel="nofollow">probability puzzle</a> I just posted is very relevant to bio-informatics. It’s basically the intersection of computer science and biology– sequencing DNA and making sense of it and that sort of thing.

Believe it or not, that probability puzzle I just posted is very relevant to bio-informatics.

]]> By: v http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/comment-page-1/#comment-108135 v Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:32:23 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/#comment-108135 bio-informatics? have to google that one. bio-informatics? have to google that one.

]]> By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/comment-page-1/#comment-107974 Mark Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:28:01 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/#comment-107974 I'm interested in just about everything. I suppose I'm leaning towards bio-informatics, but the best thing might be to start by improving my general background in math and <i>all</i> the hard sciences. I’m interested in just about everything. I suppose I’m leaning towards bio-informatics, but the best thing might be to start by improving my general background in math and all the hard sciences.

]]> By: v http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/comment-page-1/#comment-107973 v Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:10:52 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/#comment-107973 ps, mark, if you were to choose a career in science, what would you want to do? ps, mark, if you were to choose a career in science, what would you want to do?

]]> By: v http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/comment-page-1/#comment-107972 v Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:08:56 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/the-enemies-of-reason-ii-richard-dawkins-on-homeopathy/#comment-107972 i love this guy!!!! i love his reverence for science. on the topic of self-healing, when my children were infants, i found the best thing for their colds wasn't medicine but sleep. sleep was so powerful in letting their immune systems work that it was more important to let them sleep than to wake them up to eat. i love this guy!!!! i love his reverence for science. on the topic of self-healing, when my children were infants, i found the best thing for their colds wasn’t medicine but sleep. sleep was so powerful in letting their immune systems work that it was more important to let them sleep than to wake them up to eat.

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