Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 13:11:40 12/27/05
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On December 27, 2005 at 15:10:42, Dann Corbit wrote: >On December 27, 2005 at 14:42:14, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On December 27, 2005 at 14:07:47, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>But guessing is not better than measuring (in the absense of data.) >> >>Measuring is not even an option - so this comparison is invalid. > >There is a box with some interesting mineral in it. Through a tiny pinhole, the >owner of the box showed us what happened when he rattled the box with some other >minerals in it. It looked like the mineral might be pretty hard, but we are not >sure about it. > >So is the hardness unknown? To a large degree of certainty, yes. It is >unknown. > >But the owner of the box can always open it. So measurements are not >impossible. Only improbable. The mystical value of his hidden treasure may >diminish if other minerals turn out to be harder. For this reason, the owner might want to be careful about where he pinches the pinhole, what other minerals he puts in there, and how long or whether he rattles the box. -- GCP
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