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Skriven 2004-10-21 13:22:00 av Bob O'Hara (1:278/230)
Ärende: Re: Claims Of Abuse
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John Edser wrote:
> "Anon." <bob.ohara@NOSPAM.helsinki.fi>
> 
>>>>>JE:-
>>>>>Population genetics is entirely Post
>>>>>Modern in its perspective and has
>>>>>been misused in an ongoing way to
>>>>>reduce evolutionary theory to just
>>>>>an "iron man" theory (an irrefutable
>>>>>theory of nature). Dr O'Hara
>>>>>appears to wish to attempt to
>>>>>enter into such a discussion.
>>>>>However when the hard questions
>>>>>are asked he just snips them
>>>>>and pretends nothing has happened.
> 
> 
>>>>BOH:-
>>>>Dr. O'Hara has given up, because it has become clear that John is more
>>>>interested in abuse and insult than in trying to understand the logical
>>>>and factual counter-arguments to his claims.  IIRC, this is the same
>>>>reason Joe Felsenstein gave up.
> 
> 
>>>JE:-
>>>Dr O'Hara claimed (amazingly) that in my proposed
>>>experiment to test a proposed Darwinian maximand
>>>of fitness to refutation (which I have always
>>>claimed remains implicit within Darwin's writings)
>>>that I had deleted all variation.
>>>Such an event is just an impossibility. You
>>>cannot delete random processes such as
>>>random sampling error or random mutation
>>>from any natural population. Because Dr
>>>O'Hara's error was so basic I questioned
>>>his claim, that he has a PhD in an evolutionary
>>>theory related field. Apparently this constitutes
>>>abuse.
> 
> 
>>BOH:-
>>Just to set the record straight on what I feel constitutes abuse, it
>>does include questioning my professional competence,
> 
> 
> JE:-
> Are you suggesting that sbe readers should
> just take your word for it when you claim to
> have a BSc in statistics and a PhD in quantitative
> biology?
> 
This might be interpreted as impling that I have been lying about my 
qualifications.  Just to make sure there is no mis-understanding: are 
you making this allegation, or am I over-interpreting your question.

Either way, to answer it: if anyone wants to check, they could ask the 
University of Leeds.  I gained a B.Sc. (Hons) in Genetics and Statistics 
  in 1991.  My Ph.D. came from the School of Biological Sciences at the 
University of East Anglia in 1996.  Copies of my thesis are in the 
copyright libraries in London and Cambridge.  As well as in the UEA. 
So, I have left an academic paper trail to follow, if anyone cares to.

I am not answering John's other questions, for reasons I have given 
(i.e. I'm tired of the abuse).

Bob

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