Oh, I see the error in my math now. Whoops. Guess it’s a saner metric than I thought, though px = 0.87 seems to be overstating things quite a bit as well.
“The correct number of words for this idea is X” does not preclude that people might write more words about it by mistake. Metrics intended as guidelines for people of intelligence and good faith can easily break down when applied literally to cranks.
The front page of Time Cube has a px value of 3.245. I’m not sure about this metric.
Well, if he succeeded in putting 4*10^14 words on the front page, he must be doing something right!
Oh, I see the error in my math now. Whoops. Guess it’s a saner metric than I thought, though px = 0.87 seems to be overstating things quite a bit as well.
“The correct number of words for this idea is X” does not preclude that people might write more words about it by mistake. Metrics intended as guidelines for people of intelligence and good faith can easily break down when applied literally to cranks.
That only holds if he’s following Good’s guidelines (and argues that he doesn’t).