No, but there is truth to the rumor that Daryl Bem was my undergraduate advisor. Hmmm...Scott
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 8, 2014, at 4:51 PM, "Mike Palij" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Making the media rounds is a story about physics "research" on time travel that involves twitter. I can't/don't want to/whatever explain, so see this story for one view: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/researchers-time-travelers-twitter-turn-empty-handed-article-1.1568677 and http://www.nbcnews.com/science/internet-search-time-travelers-turns-nothing-time-2D11840962 For those interested in reading the preprint, see: http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.7128 Strangely enough, the authors have had a difficult time getting their paper published. Initial examination of the paper suggests that it is probably the lack of statistically significant results that causes the paper from being published -- we all are aware of the prejudice against papers reporting null results. Perhaps they should have used confidence intervals instead. No truth to the rumor that Scott Lilienfeld and Sally Satel will write a book about this misuse of resources in the name of science. Still, this research does raise the question "Does Daryl Bem have a twitter account?" And if the answer if "Yes", the next question is why didn't he answer? Things that make you go hmmmm. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2f&n=T&l=tips&o=32543 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-32543-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-32543-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32544 or send a blank email to leave-32544-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
