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To: decimon
It would be nice to see more things reported as hypotheses rather than conclusions.

Any good scientist understands that any conclusion is merely tentative based upon the soundness of ALL of the underlying assumptions and ALL of the observed facts, and the change of any of these will likely change the conclusion. So what you hope, actually goes unsaid because it is already known to the professional audience that reads these papers.

38 posted on 11/10/2009 5:59:54 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson
So what you hope, actually goes unsaid because it is already known to the professional audience that reads these papers.

That's one reason I'm not too critical of these articles. When there is a link to an original paper, that paper is often too much to tackle for a non-professional. The article is just someone's attempt to present the material in the paper to a general audience.

40 posted on 11/10/2009 6:12:18 PM PST by decimon
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