wedrifid comments on Frequentist Statistics are Frequently Subjective - Less Wrong

59 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 December 2009 08:22PM

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Comment author: MichaelVassar 05 December 2009 12:49:18AM 7 points [-]

Publish online. Let the journals maintain redundant servers. Keep hard copies for back-up just in case. This is really simple.

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 05 December 2009 01:02:30AM 0 points [-]

And what happens in twenty years when the journal goes out of business?

Comment author: wedrifid 07 December 2009 03:05:10AM 3 points [-]

And what happens in twenty years when the journal goes out of business?

We have the data for 20 years longer than we would have if they never published it. And, if someone else happens to care about the subject we will probably have copies remaining somewhere.