That's completely reasonable. I suppose this was a bad example because it's difficult to decouple from its context.
On 06/07/2017 07:10 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > In this example, the discussion was more about the composition of functional > relationships (ion transport, DNA repair) and their consequences than it is > about objects. > > My concern isn't that a calculation work as intended, it is that the desire > for formalism could be in opposition to quantitative prediction. If your > goal is to weed out intellectual disability, it might be better to use a > statistical model method based on higher dimensional data (e.g. comparing raw > sequences), than one that invokes biological concepts. -- ␦glen? ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove