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Talk:Flaws in Richard Lenski Study (view source)
Revision as of 16:15, July 24, 2008
, 16:15, July 24, 2008→Draft of PNAS Letters Response from Conservapedia
I'd like to thank Stitch75, because he took the time to explain his points constructively, and I learned something from them. (I'm actually an IT Specialist in my 40's, not a full-time student, but learning is a never-ending process and I appreciated the lesson). I consider myself bound by the same ethical constraints on editing that he mentioned, because these objections to Lenski's work are Mr. Schlafly's, not my own. I tend to believe that the Lenski experiment was properly executed, but I'm a strong believer in the scientific process, and Mr. Schlafly's objections deserve a fair hearing whether one believes in them or not. My contribution is to help in the process of getting these objections to the proper forum, namely PNAS, and leaving the response up to them. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 16:20, 22 July 2008 (EDT)
I'd like to thank Stitch75, because he took the time to explain his points constructively, and I learned something from them. (I'm actually an IT Specialist in my 40's, not a full-time student, but learning is a never-ending process and I appreciated the lesson). I consider myself bound by the same ethical constraints on editing that he mentioned, because these objections to Lenski's work are Mr. Schlafly's, not my own. I tend to believe that the Lenski experiment was properly executed, but I'm a strong believer in the scientific process, and Mr. Schlafly's objections deserve a fair hearing whether one believes in them or not. My contribution is to help in the process of getting these objections to the proper forum, namely PNAS, and leaving the response up to them. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 16:20, 22 July 2008 (EDT)
While some here are willing to discuss, obviously Mr. Schlafly seems to be not. This will be the last thing i say before i see a calculation by Mr. Schlafly and everything else has been said already. I point out that submitting an Letter to any journal will involve the "editor in chief" exactly if the internal handling process of the journal involves this. So it is arrogant to prescribe the journal who should read the submission. Furthermore i think, that if you send this with a cc to "watchdog" groups, you should read the publication guidelines of PNAS. it might be that it collides with the publication guidelines to publish the contribution somewhere else at the same time. This most likely holds for articles, and maybe for comments/letters as well. To put congressmen on the cc is, in my opinion a waste of taxpayers money. it would be much better to wait until you have something in your hands. Right now you havent. The only rational reason for congressmen in the cc is to hope for an intimidating effect on somebody. Be assured, if you are long enough in science you are not scared easily. If this would be meant to intimidate the editors of PNAS, be assured that- if they have mood- will pin your Letter to their door to have something to laugh. And for new scientist, i can assure you, nothing will happen before the Reaction of PNAS. based on that you can write one more comment on the "New Scientist" article. --[[User:Stitch75|Stitch75]] 12:15, 24 July 2008 (EDT)
== Expertise in Statistics ==
== Expertise in Statistics ==