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=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC 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: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk (Lawrence Kirby) Subject: Re: Software Engineering and Dreamers Date: 1997/06/07 Message-ID: <865721794snz@genesis.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 246893801 Distribution: world 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> X-Mail2News-User: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk X-Mail2News-Path: genesis.demon.co.uk Organization: none Reply-To: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-06-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <19970606.49CA70.12B91@ae124.du.pipex.com> scampi@dial.pipex.com "Mathew Hendry" writes: >It does make predictions, namely that the observable phenomenon behaves in >exactly the same way as that predicted by the Newtonian theory. The crocodiles >know that theory, and behave accordingly. The problem with the crocodile theory is that it is based on hidden knowledge, not scientific axioms. It may be valid but doesn't deal with the fundamentals. And of course the crocodiles might change their minds or die out, so the crocodile theory is not as strongly founded. -- ----------------------------------------- Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com -----------------------------------------