tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233073253115884208.post7542569538590965559..comments2024-02-15T03:29:16.280-07:00Comments on Dan’s Diary: From Foolishness to FraudDan Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437237801383466177noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233073253115884208.post-89721239018340254892009-05-26T06:36:27.473-06:002009-05-26T06:36:27.473-06:00Now that's something that would make you go
"Hmmm...Now that's something that would make you go<br /><br />"Hmmm ...."<br /><br />Though, allometry is concerned with growth - so the ratios may not necessarily be dimensionless ...<br /><br />TLJTheLovelyJennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233073253115884208.post-38107858966201295512009-05-25T22:54:21.327-06:002009-05-25T22:54:21.327-06:00TLJ
Freakonomics sounds like the study of allo...TLJ<br /><br /> <I>Freakonomics</I> sounds like the study of allometry, which a colleague [an econometrician] described to me as "the occurrence of invariants -- dimensionless (that is, unit-less) ratios between two characteristics of a system, living or non-living, such as between a measure of organism size and energy consumption or between engine horsepower and engine displacement."<br /><br /> Felt <I>sure</I> you'd want to know.... [grin]RABnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233073253115884208.post-87031720187820356212009-05-25T21:56:26.912-06:002009-05-25T21:56:26.912-06:00A little off-topic (science-wise), but an interest...A little off-topic (science-wise), but an interesting read anyway - Freakonomics, Steve Levitt & Stephen J Dubner. Off color look at how economics theory & principles apply to unlikely activities, from crack cocaine business hierarchy to Ku Klux Klan to the naming of children.<br /><br />TLJTheLovelyJennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233073253115884208.post-8646112268869497282009-05-25T18:02:33.588-06:002009-05-25T18:02:33.588-06:00Thanks for reminding me of that book. I read it o...Thanks for reminding me of that book. I read it over 20 years ago, along with most of Gould's other books, when I was in grad school and should have been working on my thesis. Thought <I>Mismeasure of Man</I> was one of his best. As I recall, it includes some good lessons in interpreting statistics. I'll probably be blogging on that subject before too much longer.Dan Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437237801383466177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233073253115884208.post-52146037155610583542009-05-25T11:04:53.362-06:002009-05-25T11:04:53.362-06:00One of my favorite books on fraud in science [ofte...One of my favorite books on fraud in science [often, but not always, driven by the foolishness and good intentions] is Stephen J. Gould's <I>The MisMeasure of Man.</I> I recommened it to my students often. Fine piece of history too.RABnoreply@blogger.com