3 Jan
2006
3 Jan
'06
10:41 a.m.
PS:
On Mon, 2 Jan 2006, Boud Roukema wrote:
we might call "scientists' gossip" or rough intuition. The only
Of course, these are two different things: (1) intuition from your own thinking about a physical problem, is different to (2) saying what another scientist says is his/her intuition about a physical problem, or even worse (2b) what someone says that a scientist says is his/her intuition about a physical problem.
Sometimes (2) is closer to the truth, because that other scientist understands the problem better. Sometimes (1) is closer to the truth. But certainly, (1) is more satisfying. And if everyone does (2), then everyone is likely to agree on the same errors...
Anyway, enough sociology of science...
pozdr boud