Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

Post by ZoomerCretin » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 9:04 PM UTC

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So, you don't like him, but that has nothing to do with the principle of banning people from society based on legal speech which is the point I'm making. This sort of behavior is toxic to society at large, and so are the implications. I'm glad your political views are of the correct sort....today. Oh, wikipedia.

Think of the financial institution that chooses not to do business with him as a bakery, and sargon is a gay wedding cake. Banned from society? I was unaware that you're "banned from society" because private business Patreon doesn't want a relationship with you.

Post by nix23 » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 9:07 PM UTC

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A rabid credential-ist might point out Isaac Newton never got a Physics degree. Credentialism: belief in or reliance on academic or other formal qualifications as the best measure of a person's intelligence or ability to do a particular job

I’m not complaining that she lacks credentials. Someone else brought up irrelevant credentials to try to bolster her image. I’m complaining about that.

Post by tomnipotent » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 9:12 PM UTC

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> being a "data scientist" is inherently incompatible with being an activist This is just silly. So if a medical doctor becomes an activist on diabetes, they're no longer a medical doctor?

when did I mention "medical doctor"?

Post by dr_dshiv » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 9:43 PM UTC

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There’s a lot of talk in this thread of whether Jones is a data scientist or not, but that talk is missing something crucial - it doesn’t take a data scientist to assemble basic reports about infection rates and mortality. Little to none of what differentiates “data scientist” from “data analyst” or “statistician” is involved in these reports. There is no massive data, no black-box modeling, really no new statistics…

Right now, she is apparently an activist. There is nothing wrong with being an activist. However, IMHO, being a "data scientist" is inherently incompatible with being an activist. No matter how qualified you were, once you became a passionate activist, you are no longer a "data scientist" or a "data analyst" or a "statistician" on the topic. Again, there is nothing wrong with being an activist, but you can't be both.…

Post by MilnerRoute » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 9:58 PM UTC

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Agreed--as a Florida resident, I have heard a variety of highly-charged opinions on this story from many of my fellow residents, but very few hard facts to confirm or deny any particular narrative. I think the raid on Ms. Jones home was a grotesque and unwarranted use of police force, but I also think her "whistle-blowing" story is highly questionable based on the facts available.

I don't know what the raid on Ms. Jones house was about and am going to reserve judgment until I do. There's just so much weirdness. She calls herself a data scientist, which she may well consider herself to be, but the state appears to have hired her as a website developer, and fired her as a website developer, because she refused to put out data in her capacity as a web developer that the state's paid, official dat…