On Thursday 06 March 2008 22:53:58 David B. Shemano wrote:
 
> Are you saying that if a theory leads to a practice you dislike, you should 
> reject the theory?  

Well... yeah. 

> The appropriate approach is to define the practice you like, then figure out 
> a theory to justify it? 

That's pretty much the way it's done, no? 

> If practice precedes theory, how do you justify the practice?  

Before or after the fact? If after: Results. If before, promised results, 
and people desperate enough to bet on long odds. 
 
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