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- From: userDHAL@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (David Halliwell)
- Subject: Re: Notable Quote
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- References: <1992Nov16.103704.2771@walter.cray.com> <1992Nov17.134922.15975@walter.cray.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:41:03 GMT
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- gwv@eastrg2.cray.com (George Vandenberghe) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.103704.2771@walter.cray.com> I write:
- >|> A giant of physical science from the 1700s or 1800s said somthing
- >|> which roughly paraphrases as
- >|>
- >|> THERE IS NO BETTER WAY FOR A MAN OF SCIENCE
- >|> TO DESTROY HIS REPUTATION WITH HIS PEERS
- >|> THAN TO ATTEMPT
- >|> TO PREDICT THE WEATHER.
- >|>
- >|> Who said this and what was the exact quote?
- >|>
-
- > Sorry I made this sound like an examination question? I am just
- >curious because I would like to quote it from time to time among sympathetic
- >forecasters and atmospheric scientists. I saw it years ago (March 1981)
- >at the World Weather Building in Camp Springs Md posted on somebody's door but
- >I didn't have the time to copy it or the presence of mind to write it down.
-
- Didn't sound like an exam question to me. If *I* were going to use it
- on an exam, I would have said something like:
-
- - It has been said that there is no better way for a man of science
- to destroy his reputation with his peers than to attempt to predict
- the weather. Discuss.
-
- Now *that's* an exam question! (Yes, my students hate me.)
-
-
- Dave Halliwell
- Department of Geography
- University of Alberta
- Edmonton, Alberta
-