MDDM Ch.75 Cargo Cult Science

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Thu Sep 12 04:23:03 CDT 2002


Lest I forget (it could just be the low protein diet
of a vegan, couldn't it?), I must reference this 1974
speech by one of my arch-rivals in plato's underworld,
Rich Feynman, as one of the lingering "overtone"
harmonics fingered by trp in the cargo hold set piece
of ch. 75. Feynman was actually serious with this
poignant tale delivered to the '74 graduating class of
Cal Tech (just down the blvd from yo-yo dyne). I don't
think he was aware of just how serious me and the rest
of the 60's smurfs were back then. At any rate, when I
confronted him personally in the early 70's about the
possibility of subjectivity creeping into the scientific
prediction and description of Black Holes, he became
arrogant. In his defense, he was somewhat frail at that 
time. 

At any rate- relative or otherwise- check out this
easily (non-mathematical) speech. It's the polynesians,
in my mind, that carry the day.

http://wwwcdf.pd.infn.it/~loreti/science.html



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