On 11/14/2016 10:18 AM, Yuri Kreaton wrote:
On 11/14/2016 8:51 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Physicists avoid highly mathematical work despite being trained in
advanced mathematics, a new study suggests. The study, published in
the New Journal of Physics, shows that physicists pay less attention
to theories that are crammed with mathematical details.



that author reaches an obvioulsy wrong conclusion based upon very weak
data. NO confidence bounds given.

the author shows his dislike of math, and a bias to obtain his finding.

It's more of a social sciences paper, rather than a hard science paper.
Social sciences are always a bit fuzzy in their conclusions.

Yousuf Khan