He's been doing this gig on the internet for many years. In the Rubin and Statistical Fundamentalism thread I repost some messages from the sci.stat.consult discussion from October of 1997. He was persecuted then also, and he *hates* Georgia Tech. I agree that if his response to these posts is more of the same insulting, lacking in substance and/or obfuscatory rambling, then we know there is nothing to his proposals. Paul Robert Dawson wrote on 2/28/00 8:00 AM: > Might I suggest that if William Chambers has anything of substance to >say about statistics - which he has not yet made clear - I for one would be >more inclined (and indeed able) to read it if he were to post it in a clear >and civilized form, without the invective, rhetorical questions, >_ad_hominem_ arguments, challenges, and conspiracy theory. The presentation >we've had so far would discredit the Quadratic Formula. > > I realize that it is possible for somebody to write like a crackpot >without being one. However, when somebody begins by posting personal insults >and continues by claiming that their work is not recognized because people >are out to get them, one model does seem to explain most of the available >data. Yes, they laughed at Einstein, and they laughed at Louis de Branges. >They also laughed, rather more frequently, at Bozo the Clown. > > > -Robert Dawson > > > PS: If the response to this is on the one hand another dose of the >same, or on the other hand an indignant accusation that we are trying to >steal his work, we will all know exactly what to think. =========================================================================== This list is open to everyone. Occasionally, less thoughtful people send inappropriate messages. Please DO NOT COMPLAIN TO THE POSTMASTER about these messages because the postmaster has no way of controlling them, and excessive complaints will result in termination of the list. For information about this list, including information about the problem of inappropriate messages and information about how to unsubscribe, please see the web page at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ ===========================================================================
