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Gun Control Reform Activism

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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8. I am still reading...

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 31, 2013, 06:25 PM

Jul 2013

Last edited Wed Jul 31, 2013, 07:48 PM - Edit history (1)

...it's not a short paper.

ETA: An update - After much time reading and considering I honestly confess I don't know. This paper formulates a statistical method for analyzing data which has yet to be collected. My statistics is rather rusty and aimed more at thermodynamics and Fermi-Dirac than social behavior. I would have to yield judgement to another.

However, explaining the existence of the two alternate scenarios as "hedging their bets" IMHO characterizes the attitudes of the designers as biased. I just think maybe that would be a poor choice of words.

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California Mathematicians Develop Equation to Prevent Shootings [View all] BainsBane Jul 2013 OP

Interesting. Can't wait for our mathematicians, sociologists, gunologists, etc., to reply. Hoyt Jul 2013 #1

They've already got it figured out BainsBane Jul 2013 #2

Oh, but there's that PESKY Second Amendment! CTyankee Jul 2013 #3

As much as I detest gun culture in this country, I can't help but laugh at their foolishness. Hoyt Jul 2013 #4

Must be... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #5

From the Abstract: discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #6

The second scenario is clearly moronic BainsBane Jul 2013 #7

I am still reading... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #8