One datum is not enough to justify your conclusion. I think that some competing state-owned company is publishing a similar book, and they’re just trying to eliminate the competition.
I didn’t downvote, but it may be because the title isn’t actually true. A commenter on Hacker News posted this:
Hi Guys,
I am from China, and of course the Bayesian is taught in China. Only in the culture revolution time, this crazy thing may happen; but it’s long time ago when Mao was alive. Now China is a modern society; of course, the Bayesian theory is taught in schools; otherwise how could they send the spaceship to the outer space and have the fastest super computer in the world so far.
I wasn’t among the people downvoting this, but I wonder if I should, just for the fear it would encourage others to post “humorous” and misleading titles.
This forum isn’t a british tabloid. We must care about truth, which means we must care not to intentionally mislead others. A false claim that you must follow a link before you can determine it’s false, should be strongly discouraged.
One datum is not enough to justify your conclusion. I think that some competing state-owned company is publishing a similar book, and they’re just trying to eliminate the competition.
Why the downvotes?
I didn’t downvote, but it may be because the title isn’t actually true. A commenter on Hacker News posted this:
The title is humorously hyperbolic (which doesn’t mean it is outright sarcastic).
I feel like Less Wrong posters have trouble picking up on this type of joke in particular. I wonder why this is.
Thats a great quote though.
I wasn’t among the people downvoting this, but I wonder if I should, just for the fear it would encourage others to post “humorous” and misleading titles.
This forum isn’t a british tabloid. We must care about truth, which means we must care not to intentionally mislead others. A false claim that you must follow a link before you can determine it’s false, should be strongly discouraged.
For one thing, this post lacks both an abstract and content.
Also see discussion on Hacker News: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2088734
“It seems like a joke at first, but once you take into account China’s previous actions it’s actually quite likely.”
The joke is so clever you get an upvote for just reposting it.