Saw a website recently that tried to debunk Dr. Frank's work. In the comments, someone claimed he stole everything from Piton. I just watched the testimony Piton gave in AZ in November. While the two of them seem to have similar approaches, they do seem to have unique aspects.
Has anyone seen discussion/debate between them?
No, but I think Kathy Barnette talked to both of them, took Bobby Piton's data and tried to pass it off as her own effort in PA. Early speculation was that she was actively working with Dr. Frank, but nothing confirmed.
Bobby's pissed about it, too. FWIW, I don't trust Kathy Barnette... I think she's a RINO plant.
I know from one of Frank's podcast appearances that he got pulled into this because of an election in Ohio that a candidate felt they got screwed. That is supposedly how he got involved though he had been using election data as a real world example of the math he was teaching to others long before. It was a natural fit for him and he was excited to research it.
I have not been persuaded by Piton - not that he isn't truthful, just that he jumps all over the place and does not explain things very well. He is clearly more of a researcher than an educator. Frank is much better explaining what he is doing.
Bobby calls him "Little Frankie"
If you don't think mathematicians get into nasty fights over their theories, you haven't met many.
Ha! They are probably even more intense than for non-mathematicians, logic and all!
Dr. Frank is not going to be pulled into grandstanding debates. He knows it's about the data and not about him. His results speak for themselves.
This is from a post he just made on FB.
""I Stand with All Patriots" I don't agree with my wife on everything. Nevertheless, we love each other, and we live and work productively and happily together for common goals. I also don't agree with some folks out there, that are supposedly working to recover and rebuild out country. "So-called" patriots. Nevertheless, if you are a patriot, especially a Christian conservative patriot, I have your back. And I hope you have mine. Now is not the time for us to focus on our differences. Now is the time for us to love each other, and to work together to Save America. I stand with all patriots. "