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- From: hagerman@ece.cmu.edu (John Hagerman)
- Subject: Re: Yet Another Preposterous Post
- In-Reply-To: dseeman@novell.com's message of 7 Jan 93 16:29:52 GMT
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:32:54 GMT
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- dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman) writes:
- >
- > [I write]:
- > >"... what happens if we make it a postulate and explore the
- > >implications?" ... The second step is hard; perhaps beyond most
- > >readers of sci.physics, but surely not beyond the experts.
- >
- > For the record, I take exception to that remark about this
- > information being "...beyond most readers...(except) experts..."
- > Remember, if a subject is too difficult for the instructor to teach,
- > probably the instructor does not understand the material herself.
- >
- > Your audience is well educated, don't forget that...
- >
- > dks.
-
- I must not have been clear; I don't think the _information_ is beyond
- the typical reader of sci.physics, I think that the _derivation_ of
- the information (may) be beyond the typical reader. I don't say this
- to denigrate the readers of sci.physics, but rather to point out that
- it is not surprising to see posts that present an idea without a full
- development of the implications.
-
- - John
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