Re: [Phys-l] scientists are wimps

[Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

On Apr 14, 2012, at 6:56 PM, Ze'ev Wurman wrote:

> Amen.
> On 4/14/2012 3:41 PM, Jack Uretsky wrote:
> > We elderly wimps have survived to giggle at such adolescent pomposities.
> >                Regards,
> >                    Jack
> > "Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
> >        General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
> >        just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 1 Apr 2012, Isaac Bickerstaff wrote:
> >
> > > Scientists are wimps.
> > >
> > > Scientists are always talking about theories.  I don't
> > > want theories; I want certainty. ... 

Theories (models of reality)  are part of science; they are not less important than facts (reproducible experimental data). 

Ludwik
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