Comments on: Beck and Call http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/ Truth Will Prevail Thu, 24 May 2012 19:37:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kaimi Wenger http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/#comment-238430 Kaimi Wenger Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:31:05 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4155#comment-238430 Thanks for the comments, all. I'm going to close the comments now, so that I can go yell at my wife for not ironing my socks. Thanks for the comments, all.

I’m going to close the comments now, so that I can go yell at my wife for not ironing my socks.

]]> By: Fletcher http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/#comment-238386 Fletcher Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:31:44 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4155#comment-238386 "I think this counts as long as you are doing it by hand. If the computer is iterating away I don’t see how this could save your soul. Writing out your own likelihood function, on the other hand, probably can save your soul." Actually, I do Frank. Almost all of my econometrics (both classical and Bayesian) is done in matlab; unless it's a really large data set and I have to get the standard errors right. Though the bayesian in me thinks that a likelihood function in the first place will damn my soul to hell. “I think this counts as long as you are doing it by hand. If the computer is iterating away I don’t see how this could save your soul. Writing out your own likelihood function, on the other hand, probably can save your soul.”

Actually, I do Frank. Almost all of my econometrics (both classical and Bayesian) is done in matlab; unless it’s a really large data set and I have to get the standard errors right. Though the bayesian in me thinks that a likelihood function in the first place will damn my soul to hell.

]]> By: Austin http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/#comment-238369 Austin Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:06:25 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4155#comment-238369 Janet - Makes sense. I am just disappointed that people seem to be so difficult to please. If there had been 10 talks by women, my guess is that there would have been far less criticism of President Beck's talk. Given that talks from women are in scarce supply at GC, women that talk are put in the position where they must be all things to all people. Janet – Makes sense. I am just disappointed that people seem to be so difficult to please. If there had been 10 talks by women, my guess is that there would have been far less criticism of President Beck’s talk. Given that talks from women are in scarce supply at GC, women that talk are put in the position where they must be all things to all people.

]]> By: john f. http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/#comment-238365 john f. Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4155#comment-238365 Thanks Julie. By the way, I really got a lot out of your post about President Beck's talk. Also, Kristine's post about it was fantastic. The two of you helped me understand and appreciate a talk that I was tempted to be dismissive of at first. I am glad that you both posted your level-headed and insightful analyses of the talk before I commented on it anywhere around the blogs. I have changed my mind about it and am grateful for President Beck's message. Thank you. Thanks Julie. By the way, I really got a lot out of your post about President Beck’s talk. Also, Kristine’s post about it was fantastic. The two of you helped me understand and appreciate a talk that I was tempted to be dismissive of at first. I am glad that you both posted your level-headed and insightful analyses of the talk before I commented on it anywhere around the blogs. I have changed my mind about it and am grateful for President Beck’s message. Thank you.

]]> By: Julie M. Smith http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/#comment-238363 Julie M. Smith Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:40:56 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4155#comment-238363 LOL, john f., good job. LOL, john f., good job.

]]> By: john f. http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/#comment-238362 john f. Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:39:10 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4155#comment-238362 We have evidence from this Conference of President Hinckley's calling as a prophet. His talk about Anger was <b>before</b> Sister Beck's talk about Motherhood. We have evidence from this Conference of President Hinckley’s calling as a prophet. His talk about Anger was before Sister Beck’s talk about Motherhood.

]]> By: Ray http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/#comment-238328 Ray Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:27:52 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4155#comment-238328 Whatever the situation, Ardis, thanks. Whatever the situation, Ardis, thanks.

]]> By: Ardis Parshall http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/#comment-238327 Ardis Parshall Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:26:51 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4155#comment-238327 Not deleted, but moved temporarily into moderation where cooler heads than mine can evaluate them during daylight hours. Except for obvious trash from passing drug peddlers and English psychics, comments are not deleted at the whim of a single permablogger. Not deleted, but moved temporarily into moderation where cooler heads than mine can evaluate them during daylight hours. Except for obvious trash from passing drug peddlers and English psychics, comments are not deleted at the whim of a single permablogger.

]]> By: Ray http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/#comment-238323 Ray Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:00:44 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4155#comment-238323 #55 was directed at a comment that has been deleted, not Clair's. #55 was directed at a comment that has been deleted, not Clair’s.

]]> By: Ray http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2007/10/beck-and-call/#comment-238319 Ray Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:26:38 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4155#comment-238319 Sorry, Kaimi. The trolls are coming out of the woodwork now that it's late and they can't face responses. Sorry, Kaimi. The trolls are coming out of the woodwork now that it’s late and they can’t face responses.

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