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To: DungeonMaster
I notice the Evos are not waxing techno on this one.

Perhaps some of us post opinions only in areas we know well ===> Placemarker <===

55 posted on 08/04/2006 7:19:05 AM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Coyoteman
Which means that in these areas, *proof* has been replaced by trust...in the math skills and honesty of the physicists and mathematicians upon whose work you rely.

Remember Feynman: "It doesn't matter how smart you are, it doesn't matter how good your theory is. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's *wrong*."

What does one do when the predicted results are quite subtle, vastly different theories all reduce to current results, and experiments to decide between the theories haven't been done yet.

You just gotta wait...

Cheers!

483 posted on 08/07/2006 9:13:53 PM PDT by grey_whiskers
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