Re: Re[2]: Colin Patterson/Luther Sunderland

Arthur V. Chadwick (chadwicka@swac.edu)
Sat, 23 Mar 1996 15:34:17 -0800

> Art says (in reference to discussions about Colin Patterson)
>
>
><Certainly he would not have given such a talk in a public forum, but that
><is precisely the point. What evolutionists say in public is quite
><different from what they say among themselves. This is a feature Kuhn
><attributes to a theory in crisis.
><Art
><http://chadwicka.swac.edu

To which Dave responded:

> Seems to be a rather broad conclusion to draw from a sample where n=1. I
> rather doubt that P<.05.

For the sample size I was basing my premise on see Chapter 6 in ReMine's
book for a summary, or just read the literature, or go to a meeting of
evolutionary biologists and listen. The sample size is closer to the size
of the population of evolutionary biologists (apparently) minus 1.
Art
http://chadwicka.swac.edu