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To: unclewest who wrote (6882)	10/3/2000 8:49:24 AM
From: DownSouth	Respond to of 22706

tell me what this tekboy quote means... "The Copernicus and Einstein analogies only hold if your strategies emerge from real theories--that is, abstract, internally coherent, deductive systems of propositions which imply the existence of certain patterns in "real-world" data." 1. The world is round, though certain observations "prove" it to be flat. 2. E=MC2 though no observations ever made indicate any relationship whatsovever between energy, mass, and/or the speed of light. 3. Tekgirl is really pissed at tekboy because during his 3 month "home leave" to help with tekbaby, tekboy is spending way to much time in front of his computer, scratching his head (or something).

To: unclewest who wrote (6882)	10/3/2000 9:37:39 AM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 22706

Copernicus and Einstein--and Moore, for that matter--developed abstract models of how a certain kind of system was supposed to behave. They then asked, "what signs might there be in the world around me that suggest my model is a good approximation of reality?" When experimental data conformed to the predictions of the model, they and others gained confidence that the model was useful. That is how science works (or is supposed to work), and it's something quite different from looking at the data alone, without the benefit of any model, to try and find a pattern. If you do the latter, you may eventually end up with something that looks like a regularity, but it will usually be a mirage and will disappear over time. ctb/A