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!


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