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Actually, my pulse and blood pressure are quite calm.

Thanks for your concern.

But for one so supposedly erudite and scientific, I'd have thought you'd have known what a type II error was.

Regardless of the labels, I've since seen them switched . . . but as my dissertation chairman asserted it . . .

TYPE I ERROR says there's something there, when there isn't.

TYPE II ERROR says there's nothing there, when there is.

You seem to be very addicted to trusting that absolutely NO TYPE II error is going to come up and bite you in the buns ever at all in the future.

Doesn't seem very scientific, to me.

In other words, ignoring half the equation regarding error possibilities doesn't smack me of scientific or wise.

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I have stated quite clearly on this thread that I am perfectly willing to believe we have been visited if presented with verifiable evidence.

Perhaps you have difficulty understanding my earth-based language.