From owner-biophys@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Fri May 11 00:33:48 2001 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AB2017A93 for ; Fri, 11 May 2001 00:33:47 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B59217AEF for ; Fri, 11 May 2001 00:33:44 +0100 (BST) Received: from niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (niobium [193.62.192.41]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id E706F17ABE for ; Fri, 11 May 2001 00:33:37 +0100 (BST) Received: (from news@localhost) by niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.8.8) id AAA05286 for biophys-list@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk; Fri, 11 May 2001 00:33:37 +0100 (BST) X-Authentication-Warning: niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk: news set sender to using -f Message-ID: <3AFB2746.FF54FEF1@mediaone.net> From: George Hammond X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsgroups: alt.agnosticism,alt.astronomy,alt.atheism,alt.sci.natural.phenomena.unusual,alt.sci.physics,alt.talk.creationism,bionet.biophysics,harvard.course.physics11a.q-a,sci.bio.paleontology,sci.geo.geology,sci.physics,talk.atheism Subject: Re: The "Science" of John Boatwright References: <3aeaee9f.256439876@nntp.we.mediaone.net> <3AEB1D6A.29553686@mediaone.net> <3aeb6f46.289379532@nntp.we.mediaone.net> <3AEBB489.259646ED@mediaone.net> <3aebc22a.310602617@nntp.we.mediaone.net> <3AEC8259.B4695EC4@mediaone.net> <3af470b5.418626777@nntp.we.mediaone.net> <3AF4CF86.B60CC5F9@mediaone.net> <3af58e8e.63545428@nntp.we.mediaone.net> <3AF59F52.FC8E466E@mediaone.net> <3af7482f.176618772@nntp.we.mediaone.net> <3AFAEE10.8FC00DAE@durham.ac.uk> <3AFB188F.9C6AED91@mediaone.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 47 Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 23:32:58 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net Organization: Road Runner To: biophys@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Sender: owner-biophys@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Mr J R N Austin wrote: > > On Thu, 10 May 2001, George Hammond wrote: > > > S.A.Baxter wrote: > > > > > > Snipped babble about "amazing Theory"... > > > > > > Its all well and good coming up with a theory, congratulations, but what > > > is the use of it if only 1 person understands it. Take an example. I go > > > down the pub, have 12 pints, and come up with a theory linking a lack of > > > jelly babies to the population problems in China. My drunken mates claim > > > to understand, but don't get the finer points, while only I understand > > > its true meaning. What's the point?! > > > No theory is worthwhile if it cannot be communicated to people in any > > > meaningful sense. > > > Bert > > > > [Hammond] > > That's what they told Einstein. Fact is, you still can't > > understand it 90 years later.... makes no difference either. > > When did they tell Einstein that? Maybe they said `Einstein, get your > bloody hair cut,' but I can't see them telling him his theory was > silly. Except for when he got bogged down in that silly Unification > business. > No, I'm claiming that Einstein was competent enough to write his theories > in a way that somebody else could understand. [Hammond] You couldn't understand that one, and you can't understand this one. Never will be able to understand either of them. Why don't you go back to the skilled trades, maybe you can demonstrate some competence there? > > Jez. -- BE SURE TO VISIT MY WEBSITE, BELOW: ----------------------------------------------------------- George Hammond, M.S. Physics Email: ghammond@mediaone.net Website: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/ghammond/index.html ----------------------------------------------------------- .