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|    lorz to David Mitchell    |
|    Re: WHY I INVESTIGATE OBE    |
|    15 Feb 05 15:36:55    |
      From: lorz@bellsouth.net              David Mitchell wrote:       > 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.              That was meant to say "At some time it will -- for the time being maybe?"              I was repeating you in regard to science. I meant science will for the       time being. It will or might be subject to change with future findings.                     >       >       >>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       >              Mileage will vary again? Hmmmmf.              Does that mean it isn't useful at all, in your opinion?                     > :-)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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