Have you met Bayesians and Frequentists? 

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`@hierodula What does right mean? A Bayesian would say a frequentist is less right in their interpretation and vice versa.
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would they say that because the other has a political ideology blinding them to their privilege though?
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oh God this made me laugh in context
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Homework: Google how Fisher [who was neither a Bayes nor a Freq, but a Likelihoodist] claimed that smoking doesn't cause cancer.
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This is political and yes maths. Enjoy the history lesson. The men you want to read about is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Fisher …
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Think about why nobody today is a Likelihoodist. Have fun!
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which camp might you fall in here?
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I wanna be a mercenary who works for anybody as long as they pay.

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on a way more serious note, both approaches have their merits.
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right : subject to proof and disproof. Like lots of regular math?
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yes they are subject to proof and disproof — but even in pure maths some things are defined, like addition is defined.
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Just to be clear it really is party night and I don't give 101 maths for stats classes for free and on twitter.

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have fun. thanks for the help.
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