Anthony wrote:

> You certainly should revert Gwern's changes.  There's no dispute about that.

Indeed, but that's a different context; we were discussing the
appropriateness of Gwern's experiment and ones like it.

> > > The data may still be useful.

> > Agreed.  I don't assert that the experiment is invalid.  I note that
> > *others* do.

> Which others?

Ian Woollard, Carcharoth and David Gerard have questioned the
experiment's value.

My point, of course, doesn't relate to those comments in particular.
As I said, criticism should have been solicited and addressed
beforehand.

> What's a "consensus-backed experiment"?

An experiment whose validity and appropriateness have been affirmed by
the community.

David Levy

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