Here is a response just posted from Mats in regards to this very question concerning DGT:
http://matslew.wordpress.com/ On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected]>wrote: > Nah, it's OK to change your mind on the basis of new evidence. I've done > it numerous times on this mailing list. > > However - with me you have a clear record of precisely where my mind was > at any one point in the nature of digital number and I explain exactly what > and how much each piece of evidence changes it. > > If you listen to the interview, it almost sounds like he's rewriting > history. If he said in the interview "at the time they seemed real, but > since then new evidence has come to light..", then he'd sound more credible > to me. > > > > > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Foks0904 . <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If he changed his mind again, would it matter to you for some reason? As >> long as an opinion is informed and based on the most up to date evidence >> available at the time, that's all that matters. I think the ability to >> change one's mind is a strength, not a weakness. Being open-minded is not >> the same as being a flake. >> >> >> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Blaze Spinnaker < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> True, though it'll make you wonder what his view will be in another year >>> or two as well. >>> >>> When you calculate the odds on an event you have to rely a lot on >>> journalists because they do a lot of the investigation for you. One thing >>> I do with a journalists is see them report something I'm familiar with and >>> if they do a good job, then I have more confidence when they report >>> something I'm not familiar with. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Foks0904 . <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Agreed. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Foks0904 . <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Well that was a while ago now, no? Things can change over close to a >>>>>> years time. Not really that surprising to me. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I think you mean he has reconsidered. Sometimes a person has one >>>>> impression during an event, but it seems different in retrospect. Also, >>>>> Defkalion was expected to follow-up on the test, but they never did. >>>>> >>>>> - Jed >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
