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| 2 | I don't exactly know what you don't know. |
| 3 | }}} |
| 4 | a moment of zen |
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| 7 | In the fog you wear rose colored glasses. |
| 8 | }}} |
| 9 | a prescription, not an aphorism. |
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| 12 | I'm not a wildlife manager. I eat wildlife, that's about it. |
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| 15 | It doesn't have to be a normal-ish distribution, it can be any kind of 'ish' you want. |
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| 17 | <brain explodes> |
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| 21 | I'm sick and tired of reading idiotic papers. |
| 22 | }}} |
| 23 | {{{ |
| 24 | You have more statistics than data. |
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| 26 | related to the previous. |
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| 30 | It's great because it adds complexity but it's bad because it adds complexity. |
| 31 | }}} |
| 32 | too true... |
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| 35 | {{{ |
| 36 | You can only evaporate water if it's actually there. |
| 37 | }}} |
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| 41 | {{{ |
| 42 | Transience is the permanent state. |
| 43 | }}} |
| 44 | Your Honor, I _object_! |
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| 48 | It's predictable, it's just stochastic! |
| 49 | }}} |
| 50 | .. .. So... .. .. it's not predictable? |
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| 53 | You can't expect drift to do anything, it's completely random. |
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| 57 | {{{ |
| 58 | ...and I'm all about brute force... That's why god made computers. |
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| 60 | {{{ |
| 61 | Lets call this one 'b'... just to make it different.. for the moment... |
| 62 | }}} |
| 63 | introducing time-dependent, mutable variable naming, just to keep us on our toes. |
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| 66 | {{{ |
| 67 | Pattern doesn't equal process. |
| 68 | }}} |
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| 72 | Go with feasible. |
| 73 | }}} |
| 74 | contestant for most boring corporate slogan? Also just good advice all around. |
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| 76 | {{{ |
| 77 | Effective management gets trumped by "what can I get away with with the public?" |
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| 81 | Natural selection is in your face. |
| 82 | }}} |
| 83 | ''unattributed'', 10.22.14, This really wants to be punctuated like this "..in your face!", but it was really as above. |
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| 86 | Everyone wants an -omics now. |
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| 88 | I nominate: 'hicker-omics' |
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| 91 | That didn't work, it just made a mess. |
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| 94 | We didn't sort this out until we started looking at duck poop. |
| 95 | }}} |
| 96 | how many times do you get to hear that in a lifetime? |
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| 99 | You can make inference about things you can't observe. |
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| 101 | suggested definition for magic |
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| 104 | There's a rainforest of bacteria in your gut. |
| 105 | }}} |
| 106 | 'gutforest' doesn't sound as catchy? |
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| 109 | We don't have any data from the future. |
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| 111 | a reason why we need the models. and also a future research project: gather data from the future! |
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| 114 | You don't have to know things that are usually not knowable. |
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| 116 | <the sound of a tree falling in the woods> |
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| 118 | One of the things continuous time models rely on is continuous time. |
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| 120 | <the sound of one hand clapping> |