John Edser wrote:
>>>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?
> 
There is no point in continuing this if all I am going to get is 
continued abuse.  I have given a critique of your proposed experiment, 
and it's evident that you have no intention of answering my criticisms. 
  Until you do, there is nothing more to said.

Bob

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