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Further, the entire problem of estimating models for the CO2 historical data is shown to be ill-posed because alternate model forms fit the data equally well.
A Puzzler, where did Loehle go too far? EliRabett 2010
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Further, the entire problem of estimating models for the CO2 historical data is shown to be ill-posed because alternate model forms fit the data equally well.
Archive 2010-04-01 EliRabett 2010
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What is keeping me up at night are those regularly lists of ill-posed questions that scientists are producing at quaint conferences.
Top Questions That Keep Physicists Awake at Night | Universe Today 2009
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Since stare decisis is an entirely informal doctrine, the question of what would happen in its absence is somewhat ill-posed.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Supreme Court Without Stare Decisis: 2009
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As an example here, quantum physicist White's question "what is life" is known in biology to first order (because the process of life, evolution, is known) and statistical physicist Kadanoff's question on complexity is ill-posed (as complexity is – at least outside of statistical physics – I dunno if they have a decent definition).
Top Questions That Keep Physicists Awake at Night | Universe Today 2009
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In general, I am a fan of sci-fi books that are brimming with ideas but there's just something ill-posed about the way the ideas in Forever Peace seem to unspool.
BOOK REVIEW: Joe Haldeman's FOREVER PEACE Ron Buckmire 2008
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This means that you have fewer measurements than unknowns, and the retrieval problem is underdetermined or ill-posed.
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Actually, what folks like Boris do is constantly present ill-posed arguments, bifurcations, in which only one or another answer is possible.
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If you continue to ask a question that is ill-posed, how do you expect knowledgeable, sensible people to respond?
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More specifically, the fact that the math to predict whether a storm will hit San Fran one month from now is impossible or ill-posed as Jerry says is irrelevant to a proper study of the climate. which at the essence, is a thermodynamics problem.
Exponential Growth in Physical Systems #2 « Climate Audit 2007
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