another one, somewhat relevant... There're two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. Enrico Fermi
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on 28/7/01 9:08 PM, pensioner at al_knoll@PACBELL.NET wrote: > Good work John. > > My second favorite physicist, Dr. Feinmann, was fond of trusting the data. > His words at a lecture long ago went something like...Regardless of the > qualifications of the hypothesis, one well executed experiment is worth a > thousand well educated guesses. ( not at the Challenger probe but long > before). > > Or something like that. > > Sheet, mon, just measure it. Then you'll have a first order measurement of > what it is. Several measurements with different instruments under a small > variance of conditions will affirm the first measurement. > > Lord Kelvin said something like that. > > Unca Joel, you knew Kelvin, what exactly did he say? > > I seem to remember something about "unless you can express it in numbers, > your knowledge is of a meagre and insufficient kind". > > Anyone got a 094 bellhousing you can give to Brian at SmallCar? (vanagon > content) > > cheers, > > pensioner > |
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