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<p>Hdkjhsdfj: Replaced content with &quot;&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.--&gt; Maybe Randall is commenting on this recent article [https:/...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.--&gt;<br /> Maybe Randall is commenting on this recent article [https://www.nature.com/articles/s43588-022-00281-6 Nature Computational Science: Automated discovery of fundamental variables hidden in experimental data]?<br /> 02:10, 30 July 2022 (UTC)<br /> suggested by a proxy editor</div>

Hdkjhsdfj https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2652:_Proxy_Variable&diff=291184 2022-07-30T03:33:13Z

<p>Hdkjhsdfj: /* Transcript */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2652<br /> | date = July 29, 2022<br /> | title = Proxy Variable <br /> | image = proxy_variable.png<br /> | titletext = Our work has produced great answers. Now someone just needs to figure out which questions they go with.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> __NOTOC__<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a PROXY BOT IN NO WAY CORRELATED WITH THE ORIGINAL BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Hairy is showing Cueball a poster of a graph]<br /> :Hairy: We want to study this variable, but it's too hard to observe.<br /> <br /> :[Cut the panel in half so you can only see Hairy and the poster]<br /> :Hairy: So we're studying this proxy variable.<br /> <br /> :[Cueball and Hairy are standing with the poster out of frame]<br /> :Cueball: Is it correlated with the other variable?<br /> :Hairy: Look, we don't have the funding to answer every little question.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Hdkjhsdfj https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2652:_Proxy_Variable&diff=291183 2022-07-30T03:32:54Z

<p>Hdkjhsdfj: Undo revision 291182 by 162.158.107.28 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2652<br /> | date = July 29, 2022<br /> | title = Proxy Variable <br /> | image = proxy_variable.png<br /> | titletext = Our work has produced great answers. Now someone just needs to figure out which questions they go with.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> __NOTOC__<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a PROXY BOT IN NO WAY CORRELATED WITH THE ORIGINAL BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Hairy is showing Cueball a poster of a graph]<br /> :Hairy: We want to study this variable, but it's too hard to observe.<br /> :[Cut the panel in half so you can only see Hairy and the poster]<br /> :Hairy: So we're studying this proxy variable.<br /> :[Cueball and Hairy are standing with the poster out of frame]<br /> :Cueball: Is it correlated with the other variable?<br /> :Hairy: Look, we don't have the funding to answer every little question.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Hdkjhsdfj https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2652:_Proxy_Variable&diff=291181 2022-07-30T03:30:39Z

<p>Hdkjhsdfj: Undo revision 291180 by 172.71.142.89 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2652<br /> | date = July 29, 2022<br /> | title = Proxy Variable <br /> | image = proxy_variable.png<br /> | titletext = Our work has produced great answers. Now someone just needs to figure out which questions they go with.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> __NOTOC__<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a PROXY BOT IN NO WAY CORRELATED WITH THE ORIGINAL BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Hairy is showing Cueball a poster of a graph]<br /> :Hairy: We want to study this variable, but it's too hard to observe.<br /> :[Cut the panel in half so you can only see Hairy and the poster]<br /> :Hairy: So we're studying this proxy variable.<br /> :[Cueball and Hairy are standing with the poster out of frame]<br /> :Cueball: Is it correlated with the other variable?<br /> :Hairy: Look, we don't have the funding to answer every little question.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Hdkjhsdfj https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2652:_Proxy_Variable&diff=291178 2022-07-30T03:28:39Z

<p>Hdkjhsdfj: /* Transcript */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2652<br /> | date = July 29, 2022<br /> | title = Proxy Variable <br /> | image = proxy_variable.png<br /> | titletext = Our work has produced great answers. Now someone just needs to figure out which questions they go with.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> __NOTOC__<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a PROXY BOT IN NO WAY CORRELATED WITH THE ORIGINAL BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Hairy is showing Cueball a poster of a graph]<br /> :Hairy: We want to study this variable, but it's too hard to observe.<br /> :[Cut the panel in half so you can only see Hairy and the poster]<br /> :Hairy: So we're studying this proxy variable.<br /> :[Cueball and Hairy are standing with the poster out of frame]<br /> :Cueball: Is it correlated with the other variable?<br /> :Hairy: Look, we don't have the funding to answer every little question.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Hdkjhsdfj https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2652:_Proxy_Variable&diff=291177 2022-07-30T03:27:56Z

<p>Hdkjhsdfj: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2652<br /> | date = July 29, 2022<br /> | title = Proxy Variable <br /> | image = proxy_variable.png<br /> | titletext = Our work has produced great answers. Now someone just needs to figure out which questions they go with.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> __NOTOC__<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a PROXY BOT IN NO WAY CORRELATED WITH THE ORIGINAL BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> [Hairy is showing Cueball a poster of a graph]<br /> Hairy: We want to study this variable, but it's too hard to observe.<br /> [Cut the panel in half so you can only see Hairy and the poster]<br /> Hairy: So we're studying this proxy variable.<br /> [Cueball and Hairy are standing with the poster out of frame]<br /> Cueball: Is it correlated with the other variable?<br /> Hairy: Look, we don't have the funding to answer every little question.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Hdkjhsdfj https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2652:_Proxy_Variable&diff=291171 2022-07-30T03:06:58Z

<p>Hdkjhsdfj: Undo revision 291170 by 172.71.142.75 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2652<br /> | date = July 29, 2022<br /> | title = Proxy Variable <br /> | image = proxy_variable.png<br /> | titletext = Our work has produced great answers. Now someone just needs to figure out which questions they go with.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> __NOTOC__<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a PROXY BOT IN NO WAY CORRELATED WITH THE ORIGINAL BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Hdkjhsdfj https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2652:_Proxy_Variable&diff=291169 2022-07-30T02:59:45Z

<p>Hdkjhsdfj: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2652<br /> | date = July 29, 2022<br /> | title = Proxy Variable <br /> | image = proxy_variable.png<br /> | titletext = Our work has produced great answers. Now someone just needs to figure out which questions they go with.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> __NOTOC__<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a PROXY BOT IN NO WAY CORRELATED WITH THE ORIGINAL BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Hdkjhsdfj https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2652:_Proxy_Variable&diff=291168 2022-07-30T02:57:49Z

<p>Hdkjhsdfj: Replaced content with &quot;{{comic | number = 2652 | date = July 29, 2022 | title = Proxy Variable | image = proxy_variable.png | titletext = Our work has produced great answers. No...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2652<br /> | date = July 29, 2022<br /> | title = Proxy Variable <br /> | image = proxy_variable.png<br /> | titletext = Our work has produced great answers. Now someone just needs to figure out which questions they go with.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> __NOTOC__<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> <br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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