Comment by thaumasiotes
2 days ago
> You see this time and time again. A scientist/mathematician/technological leader who thinks because they are the "cat's pajamas" in one field that they are equipped to chime in on another.
You don't think one of the world's foremost statisticians should have felt that he was qualified to participate in a purely statistical argument?
No because it was medical as well. Anyone who thought it was purely statistical was by that thought alone unqualified
What's the medical part of the argument?
Are we getting stuck on terminology whereby you don't think the long term effect of a chemical on a body insofar as its connection with a known disease is a medical matter?