On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Gruss Gott<[email protected]> wrote: > This concept is very useful in business (e.g., do we make iPods?) and > science (e.g., gravity). In fact scientific theories are *assumed* > right until proven wrong. In other words, given a limited set facts > they're assumed right, but they are also assumed to be limited!
"Those who assume hypotheses as first principles of their speculations...may indeed form an ingenious romance, but a romance it will still be." Roger Cotes, preface to the second edition of Principia Mathematica 1713. Your theory has been out of date for 300 years Grus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300576 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
