At 8:02 AM -0400 6/4/99, John Winters wrote: >You know me, "If you can't measure a thing you don't know much about it". >:-) > >Actually I didn't think that up. It comes from Lord Kelvin who said, "If >you can measure that of which you speak, and can express it by number, you >know something of your subject. But if you cannot measure it, your >knowledge is meager and unsatisfactory." Now we're getting into philosophy of science. If something is not measurable, does it still exist? I can not measure the mass of an electron, yet I am willing to accept that it has a mass. I don't see why the noise produced by a tree falling in the forest is dependant on the sensitivity of my ear. Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 10 Ash Swamp Rd Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jun 06 1999 - 12:31:44 PDT
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