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   David Mitchell to lorz   
   Re: WHY I INVESTIGATE OBE   
   15 Feb 05 17:55:27   
   
   From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:18:03 -0500, lorz wrote:   
      
   > David Mitchell wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:35:33 -0500, lorz wrote:   
   > OPMMV?   
      
   Other People's Mileage May Vary.  (Normally YMMV)   
      
   >> More to the point, at some time it will - a claim that a more "subjective"   
   >> approach will never be able to make with any authority.   
   >>   
   >   
   > At same time it will --  for that time being maybe?   
      
   Well, no, because it's not that kind of knowledge.  It's not amenable to   
   either verification or correction.   
      
   > In science we often   
   > see theories and such updated, so to speak.   
      
   Oh, that's the best bit about the scientific method, it constantly   
   approaches the truth.   
      
   >   
   > I agree subjectiveness won't ever be the authority *but* it may help to   
   > understand and perhaps eliminate possibilities. I'm just saying it's a   
   > useful tool as well.   
      
   MMV   
      
   :-)   
      
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