Scientists rarely like to be assigned anything, so I think that Ludwik's
comment is not generally viable.
Feynman's point, in this area, was:
"In summary, the idea is to give all of the information to help others to
judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to
judgment in one particular direction or another. " http://www.physics.brocku.ca/etc/cargo_cult_science.html
This provides a valuable methodology for analyzing the usefulness of a
paper.
Larry Woolf; General Atomics; 3550 General Atomics Court, San Diego, CA
92121; Phone:858-455-4475; FAX:858-455-4268; http://www.sci-ed-ga.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Ludwik Kowalski
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: Ten Learning Principles - Worthwhile or Not?
The task of validation, especially before the theory
is used to justify big and costly projects, should not be assigned
to its proponents. It should be assigned to those who have
nothing to loose from finding bad things about the theory.
Ludwik Kowalski