> > JE:-
> > What Dr O'Hara snipped represents the core of his
> > error. He is still arguing that I have deleted
> > random variation when such an event remains an 
> > impossibility. I repeat: how can anybody claim
> > to have a PhD in statistics and not know that
> > you cannot delete random variation within any
> > natural population where this includes so called
> > genetic drift?

> BOH:-
> John, if you can't even be bothered to read what I write, then please 
> don't bother to reply.  I do not have a Ph.D. in statistics, and have 
> never claimed that I have.


JE:-
Dr O'Hara had previously wrote:
"I am a biologist.  I have a bachelor's degree in genetics and 
statistics, a Ph.D. in plant epidemiology and a docentship in 
quantitative ecology."

OK, Dr O'Hara claims he has a BSc in statistics and a PhD 
in quantitative biology (not statistics).

How can anybody who has a BSc in statistics and
a PhD in quantitative biology not know that random
processes (which in this case includes genetic drift,
mutation and any other random gene freq. change caused
by defined random processes) _cannot_ be eliminated from
a natural population? Has Dr O'Hara been misusing models
for so long that he cannot discriminate between testable 
reality and just his oversimplified "quantitative
biology" models?

Regards,

John Edser
Independent Researcher

PO Box 266
Church Pt
NSW 2105
Australia

edser{at}tpg.com.au
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