On 25 Nov 2003 08:09:26 -0800, (Fred the Red
Shirt) wrote:
Robert Perkins wrote in message . ..
Experimentation is based on faith.
No.

Yes.

Classically, an experiment is designed to disprove an hypothesis.

Yes, I agree. But I'm not talking about how experiments are designed,
I'm talking about the mindset of a person who follows the directions
of the experiment, in an attempt to verify or disprove. If you do the
experiment, and it's properly designed, then you're interested in the
outcome. That's faith. If you didn't believe in the first place, one
way or the other, you wouldn't go to the trouble of doing the
experiment.

Rob

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[You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them
ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to
educate themselves.

-- Orson Scott Card