This is a genuinely interesting article. A few comments:
1) Fae Johnstone is a real character, and I would say quite a successful social entrepreneur in Ottawa. Fae has managed to become the darling of Ottawa city progressive activists, and as you say, Fae has managed to work the systems for large amounts of government largesse. I have heard Fae speak on one or two occasions and quite apart from being an aggressive promoter of gender ideology, Fae is a genuine social radical in the broadest sense, holding radical ways in a whole variety of (predictable) areas. Most non-activist people would consider Fae's views batshit crazy, but Fae works overtime to push Fae's agenda.
2) That CMAJ article, wow. I seriously doubt that Fae has any skills in quantification AT ALL (although I don't actually know Fae's education and professional experience - I could be wrong) and is probably listed as a co-author for an effort of 'inclusiveness', not to mention self-promotion. That article title sure does sound 'Sciency', geez if I didn't know anything about math I would impressed and/or hoodwinked. I do know something about Poisson Distributions (I have used them in studying radioactive decay), the way you describe their application is correct. They have unique and specific uses, and I would have to study the paper to see if I agree its use was appropriate there. It may or may not have been. In any case, though, all the incoherence and contradictions of the trans ideology are on full display anyway.
Keep up the great work. Your critical thinking on this file is valuable to the cause of reason.
This is a genuinely interesting article. A few comments:
1) Fae Johnstone is a real character, and I would say quite a successful social entrepreneur in Ottawa. Fae has managed to become the darling of Ottawa city progressive activists, and as you say, Fae has managed to work the systems for large amounts of government largesse. I have heard Fae speak on one or two occasions and quite apart from being an aggressive promoter of gender ideology, Fae is a genuine social radical in the broadest sense, holding radical ways in a whole variety of (predictable) areas. Most non-activist people would consider Fae's views batshit crazy, but Fae works overtime to push Fae's agenda.
2) That CMAJ article, wow. I seriously doubt that Fae has any skills in quantification AT ALL (although I don't actually know Fae's education and professional experience - I could be wrong) and is probably listed as a co-author for an effort of 'inclusiveness', not to mention self-promotion. That article title sure does sound 'Sciency', geez if I didn't know anything about math I would impressed and/or hoodwinked. I do know something about Poisson Distributions (I have used them in studying radioactive decay), the way you describe their application is correct. They have unique and specific uses, and I would have to study the paper to see if I agree its use was appropriate there. It may or may not have been. In any case, though, all the incoherence and contradictions of the trans ideology are on full display anyway.
Keep up the great work. Your critical thinking on this file is valuable to the cause of reason.