From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Tue Sep 30 2003 - 11:15:07 EDT
Jill Ramonsky scripsit:
> Ludvig, this Pastoral Symphony of yours all seems to me like something
> of a pointless excercise.
> And Albert, this "Theory of Relativity" of yours all seems to me like
> something of a pointless excercise.
>
> Never discourage someone else's creativity.
The whole point of standardization is to *redirect* (not discourage) people's
creativity into useful channels. Isaac Newton spent an unconscionable amount
of time, by our standards, messing about with astrology and numerology --
far more than he ever put into physics or calculus. The "standardization"
of science since his day has helped reduce such effects.
-- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com Please leave your values Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel --Cordelia Vorkosigan
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