[Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2

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Subject: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
From: Sabri Oncu <sabri.oncu@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 00:35:01 -0400
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Shane:

> That  astrology's theoretical structure finds no place among the theoretical
> structures of the "respectable" sciences in no way negates the fact
> that it is, in principle, scientific.  Empirical testing could
>  invalidate--or (perish the thought) confirm it.

But then, there is the data issue: should it be time-series,
cross-sectional or panel (that is, time-series/cross-sectional)?

If it is time-series or panel, what should be the observation
frequency: yearly, monthly, hourly, every other secondly or shorter or
way longer than yearly?

If it is cross-sectional or panel, how large should be the
cross-section: five persons, 5,000 persons, 5,000,000 persons, the
entire human population currently alive and lived in the past?

How about fitting a two-dimensional Fourier Series to an infinitely
long-infinitely broad data?

The fit would be perfect, but would it explain or predict anything?

Best,
Sabri
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  - [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2, Sabri Oncu Sat 09 May 2009, 04:02 GMT
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