Originally posted by kirbic:
I do have to say to those who look at the statistical plots and wonder how long it took, "not that long." |
Yeah, but you haven't factored in the time you spent discovering the issue, thinking about how to address it, designing the plotting programs...
Though not a statistical interpretation of the numerical variations, I believe that those that know how something is done are far more critical and reserved about their praise than people who only see and experience the final results. For example, movies: when you know how the magic is done, you tend to look more deeply and critically at the finished product than someone who has a "Santa Claus" experience of movies (ie. believes in magic). Or even more literally, watching a close-up magician. For those of us who don't know magic, it's a mindblowing, "how did he do that" experience. For other magicians, the experience is tempered by their recognition of an effect and whether or not they think they can do it better. |
