[blml] Any redress or rub of the green [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
Alain Gottcheiner
agot at ulb.ac.be
Wed May 2 10:40:55 CEST 2007
At 10:59 1/05/2007 +0200, Herman De Wael wrote:
>And you think that citing one example from 1980 strengthens your
>argument? Rather, it strengthens mine. In 50 years of WC reporting,
>you find one example where it would have been better to follow your
>advice. I think that means that my advice is more effective, don't
>you? No, of course you don't,
Herman, you should consider Einstein's view.
After a whole book was written by about 100 pro-nazi scientists to falsify
his Relativity Theory, he commented :
"Well, that proves I'm right. Were I wrong, one profesor would have been
quite enough".
To be fair, it's the same wise man who once said "I learned many years ago
not to waste time trying to convince my colleagues"
;-P
Alain
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