Alas, noI quit astronomy after two years because I got sick of error bars about twice the size of the graph itself, and then ended up in... cosmology, where we have error bars about four times the size of the graph itself. And statistical proof that it'll NEVER GET BETTER.
I want to retrain as an explosives modeller and do simulations of what happens when you fill a fridge with semtex. Now *that* would be fun.
(I want to retrain as an explosives modeller and do simulations of what happens when you fill a fridge with semtex. Now *that* would be fun.
boris the spider,
Mon 30 Nov 2009, 19:52,
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UghI want to think that if you just ignore error bars they go away. Errors and such are definitely the work of the devil.
That WOULD be fun. You could even go "Brb, just checking that my simulation is accurate. If we have any fridge related terrorist attacks, we'll know who to look for.
(That WOULD be fun. You could even go "Brb, just checking that my simulation is accurate. If we have any fridge related terrorist attacks, we'll know who to look for.
unsey a frizzy haired fruit since,
Mon 30 Nov 2009, 19:55,
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I'm purely theoryyes
*shifty eyes*
also, theory means that i ignore error bars with impunity. error bars are for observers. THE FOOLS.
(*shifty eyes*
also, theory means that i ignore error bars with impunity. error bars are for observers. THE FOOLS.
boris the spider,
Mon 30 Nov 2009, 19:57,
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Of course....(your secret is safe with me).
haha. Error bars just suck. "well it looks okay to me, its about the right value, and thats good enough for me".
(haha. Error bars just suck. "well it looks okay to me, its about the right value, and thats good enough for me".
unsey a frizzy haired fruit since,
Mon 30 Nov 2009, 20:00,
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stick with theorybecome a relativist. we need more relativists. or do mhd. or, even better, relativistic mhd. that's a remarkably incomplete theory.
fuck the errors.
(fuck the errors.
boris the spider,
Mon 30 Nov 2009, 20:04,
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