[djack]

First off, Scott, my first reaction is this: "methinks the lady doth protest too much." I realize that this is in part because you're an econometrician and you're defending your field. That's fine.

After all, we'll see who is right. I have an open mind about whether Levitt can do something useful. I won't judge until I get my results. But that doesn't mean I can objectively decide that I think the odds are against Levitt offering us much truly worthwhile (did you like the ambiguity in that phrasing? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] )


One more thing. Do you have a source for this paragraph?

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Also, one good thing to come of this to keep in mind is that even if you do think Levitt is unqualified, a database on millions of hands and (hopefully) a large sample of individual players (thousands maybe? We can only hope) will come into existence.

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I missed this on the website (and don't have time now for a perusal). If Levitt is planning to make my database public and accessible, then I am definitely not submitting.