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- Then, blessing all, 'Go, children of my care!
- To practice now from theory repair. 580
- All my commands are easy, short, and full:
- My sons!be proud, be selfish, and be dull.
- Guard my prerogative, assert my throne:
- This nod confirms each privilege your own.
I likeepigraphs!
"true eloquence I find to be none, but the serious and heartylove of truth: And that whose mind so ever is fully possest with a fervent desireto know good things, and with the dearest charity toinfuse knowledge of them into others, when such a man would speak, his words (by what I can expresse) like so many nimble and airy servitors trip about him at command, and in well order'd files, as he would wish, fall aptly into their own places."
"whencomplaints arefreely heard,deeply considered andspeedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for." "For he who freely magnifies what hath been nobly done, and fears not to declare as freely what might be done better, gives ye the best covenant of his fidelity."
OtherPuritans set high standards in theWestminster Larger Catechism:
- A144: Theduties required in theNinth Commandment are, the preserving and promoting of truth between man and man,[1] and the good name of our neighbor, as well as our own; [2] appearing and standing for the truth;[3] and from the heart,[4] sincerely,[5] freely,[6] clearly,[7] and fully,[8] speaking the truth, and only the truth, in matters of judgment and justice,[9] and in all other things whatsoever;[10] acharitable esteem of our neighbors;[11] loving, desiring, and rejoicing in their good name;[12] sorrowing for,[13] and covering of their infirmities;[14] freely acknowledging of their gifts and graces,[15] defending their innocence;[16] a ready receiving of a good report,[17] and unwillingness to admit of an evil report,[18] concerning them; discouraging talebearers,[19] flatterers,[20] and slanderers;[21] love and care of our own good name, and defending it when need requireth;[22] keeping of lawful promises;[23]studying and practicing ofwhatsoever things are true, honest, lovely, and of good report.[24]
- A145: Thesins forbidden in the ninth commandment are, all prejudicing the truth, and the good name of our neighbors, as well as our own,[1] especially in public judicature;[2] giving false evidence,[3] suborning false witnesses,[4] wittingly appearing and pleading for an evil cause,outfacing and overbearing the truth;[5] passing unjust sentence,[6] calling evil good, and good evil; rewarding the wicked according to the work of the righteous, and the righteous according to the work of the wicked;[7] forgery,[8] concealing the truth, undue silence in a just cause,[9] and holding our peace when iniquity calleth for either a reproof from ourselves,[10] or complaint to others;[11]speaking the truth unseasonably,[12] or maliciously to a wrong end,[13] or perverting it to a wrong meaning,[14] or in doubtful and equivocal expressions, to the prejudice of truth or justice;[15] speaking untruth,[16] lying,[17] slandering,[18] backbiting,[19] detracting,[20] tale bearing,[21] whispering,[22] scoffing,[23] reviling,[24] rash,[25] harsh,[26] and partial censuring;[27] misconstructing intentions, words, and actions;[28] flattering,[29] vainglorious boasting,[30] thinking or speaking too highly or too meanly of ourselves or others;[31] denying the gifts and graces of God;[32] aggravating smaller faults;[33] hiding, excusing, or extenuating of sins, when called to a free confession;[34] unnecessary discovering of infirmities;[35] raising false rumors,[36] receiving and countenancing evil reports,[37] and stopping our ears against just defense;[38] evil suspicion;[39] envying or grieving at the deserved credit of any,[40] endeavoring or desiring to impair it,[41] rejoicing in their disgrace and infamy;[42] scornful contempt,[43] fond admiration;[44] breach of lawful promises;[45] neglecting such things as are of good report,[46] and practicing, or not avoiding ourselves, or not hindering: What we can in others, such things as procure an ill name.[47]
Jack C. Kiefer andJacob Wolfowitz were twostatisticians andmathematicalscientists. Theireponymous theorems include the "Kiefer-Wolfowitz" (first-order)optimality criterion in theoptimal design of statisticalexperiments and also the "Kiefer-Wolfowitz" methods ofstochastic approximation (estimating an optimum when using only noisy function evaluations).
I am astatistician by profession and amathematicalscientist byschooling andavocation.
Instatistics, my interests includeexperimentation,computational statistics, andstatistical inference. In thestatistical decision theory ofAbraham Wald,optimalstatistical procedures solveproblems ofstochastic optimization, which may besequential. The formalism ofmaximizingexpected utility andmethods forstochastic programming are useful foroperations research andeconomic decisions, e.g. fordesigningoptimal experiments.
Some thoughts (following some edits ofHistory of macroeconomic thought, which again has addedfringe economics).
The firstEncyclopaedia was created by Frenchphilosophes duringthe Enlightenment. Since the time ofDiderot andD'Alembert,Encyclopedias have striven to cover the best currently available thought and to sketch the development of these thoughts.
Immanuel Kant wrote an essay "Idea towards a universal history with a cosmopolitan intent" (along with "What Is Enlightenment?").
Charles Sanders Peirce wrote extensively on the history of science:
His familiarity with science, as a practitioner and as a historian "at close quarters", helped him to formulate and to give an improved account ofthe scientific method, which accounted for progress in mathematics, logic, and science:
Peirce's student,John Dewey, adapted some of Peirce's ideas—any changes always being for the worse. (Dewey's politics were excellent, however: He supported unions in thePullman Strike, was a founder of theLeague for Industrial Democracy,defended victims of Soviet communism and Stalinist purges, etc.).
Alasdair MacIntyre has written about the philosophy of science:
MacIntyre has written several philosophically sophisticated histories of ethics:
MacIntyre has acknowledged the genius of Peirce's account of progress in the last decades.
I prefer accessing these references here, rather than asking the search engine for help.
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"I know how to write down words on a piece of paper? That’s what you do, man, you put down one word after the other as it comes in your head. It isn’t like having to learn how to play the piano, like you have to learn notes. You already learned in school how to write, didn’t you? I hope so. You have the idea and you put down what you want to say. Then you get somebody to add in the commas and shit where they belong, if you aren’t positive yourself. Maybe fix up the spelling where you have some tricky words. There people do that for you. Some, I’ve even seen scripts where I know words weren’t spelled right and there was hardly any commas in it. So I don’t think it’s too important. You come to the last page you write in ‘Fade out’ and that’s the end, and you’re done.”
This collection is useful for editing articles.
For severalWikiProjects, I've contributed to many articles (more significantly to those with emboldened titles).
As an editor, I focused first ondesign of experiments and more recently oncomputational statistics andeconometrics, related toconvex minimization. Then I focused mostly onconvexity in economics,non-convexity (economics), andShapley–Folkman lemma. Lately, music has been my main area of editing.
It has been a pleasure to learn from more experienced (and energetic) editors such asDavid Eppstein andMelcombe.
The editing of footers is plagued with disagreement on their purpose, organization, and inclusion criteria. However, we can try to improve existing footers:
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| Congratulations on reaching your 25th DYK! It's not the highest profile area of wikipedia, but it needs as many good articles as it can get, and you're clearly doing a good job! Oh and I'll let you add yourself to theList of Wikipedians by number of DYKs |
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| Thank you for quality articles ontuning andmathematicians, evenfictitious ones, for tuned comments to well-wishers, and for striving for serenity when you are "right but others are not ready to listen", - you are anawesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:43, 22 August 2012 (UTC) |
 | The Working Man's Barnstar | |
| In appreciation of your work onShlomo Sawilowsky, I hereby award you this barnstar.--Iulus Ascanius (talk) 14:53, 8 February 2010 (UTC) |
 | The Barnstar of Diplomacy | |
| for your tireless liaison work atWikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Monty Hall problem.Elen of the Roads (talk) 13:59, 25 March 2011 (UTC) |
 | The Barnstar of Integrity | |
| For keeping the good of the Wiki ahead of thy personal glory, I hereby grant thee, Kiefer.Wolfowitz, this Barnstar for thy great expansion andneutralizing ofSocial Democrats, USACrisco 1492 (talk) 15:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC) |
 | The Workers' Barnstar | |
| This user has shown great editing skills in improving articles related toCommunism orSocialism. |
 | TheGood Article Barnstar | |
| Thanks Kiefer.Wolfowitz for helping to promoteTom Kahn toGood Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, andgive some a pat on the back today. --Sp33dyphil© •© 08:12, 23 November 2011 (UTC) |
 | The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| For your contributions toDiscipline Global Mobile sir. You deserve it! :)Yasht101 09:48, 15 April 2012 (UTC) |
 | The Guitarists Award |
| For your efforts into guitar tunings on Wikipedia. As a guitarist myself I find some of them very useful! Pictured is a Tenor Balalaika, but what the heck it's a stringed instrument! ♦Dr. Blofeld 11:45, 16 June 2012 (UTC) |
 | The Barnstar of Diligence |
| For your efforts to date in improvingGuitar chords. ♦Dr. Blofeld 13:11, 10 September 2012 (UTC) |
  | The Good Article Barnstar and Music Barnstar |
| I congratulate for you tireless efforts on editingRalph Patt to good article. You are, certainly, welcome for your ... valuable vast efforts for the mystery of music and honor ofWikipedia. --GoShow 17:37, 17 October 2012 (UTC) |
 | The Surreal Barnstar |
| Between yourArbCom role playing game andthis edit, you have provided me with at least two very trippy 5:00AM style moments in the last week. "Surreal" certainly is a good word for it, and so I award you this Surreal Barnstar.(T•C•G•E) 11:07, 17 November 2012 (UTC) |
 | The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar |
| For never forgetting your kindness and humanity in AN discussions, and for understanding that bans should only be used as a last resort. Thanks. ~DanielTom (talk) 09:50, 21 April 2013 (UTC) |
 | Good taste award |
| I've hopped over to thatfancy restaurant inCopenhagen to bring you a nourishing dish of marv med syltede grøntsager.Elen of the Roads (talk) 21:57, 13 December 2012 (UTC) |
