Global (and my )hot air

From: JWi5770869@aol.com
Date: Thu Apr 27 2000 - 11:48:42 PDT

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:48:42 EDT
From: JWi5770869@aol.com
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Global (and my )hot air

In a message dated 26/04/00 12:48:37 GMT Daylight Time, cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
writes:

> Michael, Michael, Michael!!!!
> It sounds as if you've sunk to the quasiscientific level of laymen!
To
> the layperson, a theory is only a guess based upon some observations or
> perceptions gleaned from limited, and often anecdotal information. To a
> scientist, a theory is the

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Michael's original point was not to
trust scientific opinion that MAY be motivated by the desire to keep a job
rather than uncover the 'truth' (whatever that may be !<grin>).

John Wilden
Southport
Lancs.
UK

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