Abstract
This article advances the position that the history of science does more than shine a light on present ideas; when uncertainty about hypotheses is both large and important, what we can glean from the context and details of previous experiments leading to “present knowledge” is oftentimes our best path to enlightenment in the future. From history, in other words, one can imagine and consider completely different designs, contexts, and approaches to experimental statistics. The author advises the young statistician to study the history of fields near to and seemingly uncorrelated with their own. The author uses the life and work of Gosset to provide context for this advice.
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