Reply With QuoteYou seem to be a bot of science and most statisticians enjoy evidence for their beliefs and you say you believe in God thus I ask what is your evidence for a belief in God?
You asked for something hard...
Hamid's famous post.Originally Posted by noetsi
Who is Hamid. I don't think I know that poster.
EMP would influence the entire continent
And for the EMP - it depends on what type of EMP and the altitude it is at when detonated. But still - I don't want to be anywhere in the general vicinity (where the "general vicinity" means anywhere in the blast radius).
"His programming is malfunctioning. It begins! Get your weapons, he's going to become a killbot!!!" - bryangoodrich
You seem to be a bot of science and most statisticians enjoy evidence for their beliefs and you say you believe in God thus I ask what is your evidence for a belief in God?
You asked for something hard...
"If you torture the data long enough it will eventually confess."
-Ronald Harry Coase -
Dason, I think you're underestimating your talent (don't you?). In other words, I think you would make an excellent academic scholar in the future. Note that it's very difficult to continuously publish research articles in "top notch" journals e.g. JASA -- very few people who finish their Ph.D. have the ability to go on and do this. Why don't you strive to do this i.e. maximize your (obvious) talent? I suspect that after a number of years you would get bored (or worn out) with just teaching and with little or no interest in publishing research.
lol on the hamid thread. I was wondering if it was the guy who offered money for assistance
People who publish in elite journals are 1) either name professors already or 2) have some highly topical topic. At least in the journals I know. Maybe it is different in statistics.
Interestingly, in social sciences, people at elite universities don't get published in elite journals all that much. The answer I have been given is that they deliberately avoid this to work on books. Again statistics may be an exception to this, I dont know.
"Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable." Mark Twain
Empirical sciences can't do everything. Some questions science can't answer. What is the meaning of life? What happens after you die? Some things can't be answered using empirical evidence. Some of the reasons for my belief in God I'm sure could be explained away by science. Some of my reasons I know couldn't be explained away. But I don't see an inconsistency in believing in God and using science to attempt to answer some questions about how things work.
"His programming is malfunctioning. It begins! Get your weapons, he's going to become a killbot!!!" - bryangoodrich
Thank you for your compliments. Maybe I am underestimating myself but that doesn't change the fact that I prefer teaching. Maybe once I do more research I'll find that I enjoy that more - but I know I really enjoy teaching. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't continue to do some research - just that it wouldn't necessarily be my top priority.
"His programming is malfunctioning. It begins! Get your weapons, he's going to become a killbot!!!" - bryangoodrich
I am in a similar mind set as dason with teaching university versus a research institution. I have people in my department saying this is a waste of talent, this is not as stressful as you think it is but the reality is Dason has to go were he's going to be useful and happy. Soon he'll have little bots running around and I think a teaching institution allows more flexibility with duties than a R1. (IMHO) Plus some people are born teachers, Dason obviously once had an interest in teaching; I find when you don't let a teacher teacher teach they become aloof. Plus think of the future scholars Dason may impact.
My advice and thoughts are you can be influential wherever you wind up and you can make an impact. Both types of institution would desire your skills. Go where you think it's best for you and your family and the God you believe in will work out the rest
Thanks for volunteering to go first; I learned a lot about you and enjoyed getting acquainted more with the Dason.
"If you torture the data long enough it will eventually confess."
-Ronald Harry Coase -
You will over time...trust me...I know.
Note: A Ph.D. is a scholarly degree by definition...I'm sure you, myself, and others in this forum would agree on this point.
I agree with Dragan. Research( publications) is highly rewarded compare to a good teaching. Also a good research life opens lot of opportunity to teach bigger crowd and impact/contribute to society. I guess the tenure in US universities also depending on quality publications. In my case, Industry experience didn't add much value in my research life( It was helpful in teaching).
Although I don't have plan to follow the research life. The main reason is I take lot of time to write a paper(I can finish all theory/modeling work much faster). In my view good writing is most important part of research life.
Thank you everybody for your interest and for participating over the course of the week. My active period is over so try to focus questions on the current person being interviewed. That doesn't mean you can't still ask questions about me here though. So if you have a question you're dying to ask me I'll still make an effort to answer them.
"His programming is malfunctioning. It begins! Get your weapons, he's going to become a killbot!!!" - bryangoodrich
Why did you steal all the awards?
"If you torture the data long enough it will eventually confess."
-Ronald Harry Coase -
To make sure they don't fall into murderous raptor claws.
"His programming is malfunctioning. It begins! Get your weapons, he's going to become a killbot!!!" - bryangoodrich
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