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- From: boyken@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Karl Boyken)
- Subject: Re: PSI - summary of book review
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- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 13:28:29 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.182141.9258@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <zlsiida.1062@fs1.mcc.ac.uk> <1992Jul29.135920.27176@news.uiowa.edu> <1992Jul29.204138.3043@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> <zlsiida.1099@fs1.mcc.ac.uk>
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- In article <zlsiida.1099@fs1.mcc.ac.uk>, zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd)
- writes:
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- [...]
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- > Other than that Karl only seems to be saying that any model is just a model
- > and we shouldn't get too carried away with it, in case we mistake it for the
- > reality. Well that's OK, either he phrased it badly or I was in a flame-
- > ready mode for some other reason when I read it.
- >
- > The point though is that the models used by science have great predictive
- > power.
- >
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- > | I don't take part in any sport that requires me to change clothes |
- > | Dave Budd, MCC, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England (44)061-275-6033 |
- > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
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- >
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- Just to show that I can be agreeable, I have to say that I agree with you
- entirely on all points.
-
- Except the part about sports that require me to change clothes.
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- Geeze, maybe I need a rest.
-
- ***** _My_ views, no one else's--except those I plagiarize *****
- Karl Boyken, system programmer | Distant cousins, there's a limited supply, and
- Department of Computer Science | we're down to the dozens, and this is why:
- The University of Iowa | big-eyed beans from Venus--oh my, oh my!
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