--- David Randall Gabrielse <r.gabrielse@att.net> wrote:
Communication
> between scientists and the public often involves simplifications that
> involve translation to "english," as some would say, misuse of
> statistics, and outright false claims. That was one of the small but
> important messages at the Wheaton Climate Summit, organized around
> Sir John Houghton's visit there: Evangelicals in particular ought
> to obey the biblical mandate to honesty in their use of statistics,
> but their record is no better than any other political group's.
>
Agreed. What I had in mind with my post was that perhaps the communication area
is one where ASA can be especially useful. But we had better be honest and truthful.
Bill Hamilton
William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
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"...If God is for us, who is against us?" Rom 8:31
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