On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 04:36:24PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 01:25:17PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > --- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:55:07PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > > > > > It is important however not to neglect the benefit of > > > > > intuition. Using anecdotal evidence is often appropriate when > > > > > making decisions, especially in the formation of hypothesis. > > > > > > > > > > I think I am paraphrasing Feynman himself, but perhaps > > > > > not. Anyway, what are the chances? > > > > > > > > This one. > > > > > > > > > I don't know. perhaps I was, but perhaps not. I just didn't want > > > to be paraphrasing someone without acknowledging that I might be. > > > > > > Sounds rather imprecise to me (joke). > > > > I was just thinking about it, and it occurred to me that despite > > having read a lot of (and about) Feynman, I couldn't recall reading > > what you (possibly) attribute to him. But he wrote a lot, so I could > > have missed it or forgotten. > > If you're talking about the license plate thing (and if you're not, > y'all have managed to *totally* confuse me, not that it's that > difficult
The latter. We were talking about Jan's (possible) "paraphrase", quoted above as "It is important however...." But thanks for the quote. A Feynman quote is never boring! -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
