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To: Paul Ross

Physicists. They think they are so smart that they know everything about everything. I think they just know a lot about physics.


6 posted on 09/19/2007 1:50:00 PM PDT by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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To: Greg F; Physicist

LOL, that could be equally said of a lot of specialists...


7 posted on 09/19/2007 1:51:29 PM PDT by Paul Ross (Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
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To: Greg F; Paul Ross
Reminds me of a quote about asymptotic limits whereby a specialist keeps specializing until he knows everything about nothing while a generalist keeps generalizing until he knows nothing about everything.
16 posted on 09/19/2007 8:40:36 PM PDT by Milhous (Gn 22:17 your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies)
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