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Originally Posted by Snowman
The difference is I first answer, "here's my opinion and why". THEN you guys respond with, "you're an idiot and your opinion isn't worth shit". THEN I say, "uh, whose the one arguing about statistics with the statistician"? Big difference. But again, nice try.
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Red herring IMO. These are ultimately subjective judgments, informed by statistics sure, but it's not like the question is what's the probability of X happening, or did this drug outperform a placebo, where there is an objective statistical answer (maybe, in the latter case). Statistics don't definitely establish who the best pitcher was. They inform the discussion. So sorry yours is not the only meaningful opinion.
Nor would mine be on a legal issue if I was the only lawyer on a thread. I might be able to make my case better than someone else, but that doesn't make me right or the only one worth listening to. And, a second lawyer could probably come on and argue it very differently -- this happens all the time in the real world where equally qualified experts reach dramatically different conclusions -- so qualifications are only a part of the picture.
Someone who genuinely had confidence in his opinion would not, in my opinion, repeatedly feel the need to shove his qualifications down our throats.