From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)" Subject: Re: Software Engineering and Dreamers Date: 1997/06/10 Message-ID: <339D82E0.659F@most.fw.hac.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 247493002 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc02 References: <5mmvgj$61k@squire.cen.brad.ac.uk> <19970602.562B58.2B32@ai110.du.pipex.com> <5n1261$qj6@polo.demon.co.uk> <19970602.433020.144E5@ai078.du.pipex.com> <33983ABE.26B2@sni.de> <19970606.49CA70..12B91@ae124.du.pipex.com> <865721794snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <339C6CDF.5E3@most.fw.hac.com> Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-06-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > < (the existence of invisible crocodiles) are offensive to > "right-thinking scientists." > >> > > As a practical description of how some scientists think, this is probably > accurate, but as a description of how they SHOULD think it is flawed. Yes. The quote-marks were a reminder that "right-thinking" was not _my_ phrase. :-) > [snip] .... if > the crocodile theory had superior predictive capabilities, then it > should immediately be accepted by all scientists. .... But it won't be. Scientists, being human, have just as much tendency (as a group) to pig-headedness as the rest of us (as you suggested in what I snipped). A modern example: Some doctors are claiming that there is empirical evidence that prayer improves a patient's chances of recovery. Some say this evidence does not exist. But a large number are blasting their colleagues for even suggesting such an unscientific thing. Having fanned the flames of all the bigots on both sides of the religion issue, I now bow out of this thread. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Groleau, Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be Don't send advertisements to this domain unless asked! All disk space on fw.hac.com hosts belongs to either Hughes Defense Communications or the United States government. Using email to store YOUR advertising on them is trespassing! ----------------------------------------------------------------------