I was delighted to read this. My background is physics, and I always
interpreted Einstein's comment that "Nature is subtle but not malicious" to
mean that we might have to be very devious in discovering her secrets.
Sticking to a rigorous "scientific method" and fussing about hypothesis
testing will not get us very far.
Bill Silvert
PS - I will get some flack from those who recall that Einstein actually said
"Raffiniert ist der Herrgott, aber boshaft ist er nicht." If you prefer "The
Lord is subtle but not malicious" that is fine with me, I don't confound
science with religion.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David L. McNeely" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: segunda-feira, 28 de Fevereiro de 2011 16:39
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hypothesis Testing in Ecology
My dissertation advisor said on more than one occasion that, "The
scientific method is doing whatever is necessary to get good answers to
questions worth asking." I don't think that was original with him.
mcneely
