You know, I thought the method of "Science" was to first form an hypothesis
and then conduct experiments to prove or disprove that hypothesis.
Regards, Mike N4NT@chartertn.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lamb" <k7fm@teleport.com>
To: "AMPS" <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [AMPS] Kaput 8877 #2
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| Rich said:
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| > I have located another kaput 8877 from an AL-1500 amplifier. The kaput
| > tube is currentl;y at a European contest station. With luck, it should
| > arrive in a few weeks. I will test the tube and publish the results
| > here.
|
| Rich, if the person conducting the autopsy already believes he knows the
| cause of death, he will simply use the autopsy to prove or confirm his
| belief. I cannot give much credence to an autopsy performed by the very
| person who is trying to prove his theory of death.
|
| A perfect example is the autopsy of JFK. The autopsy "confirmed" that a
| single bullet changed direction numerous times resulting in damage to
| unrelated areas of the body. For those who are convinced that more than
one
| bullet was involved, the autopsy is flawed and proves their theory. The
| only conclusion of that autopsy was that JFK died of unnatural causes. At
| least we do know that it was not from a parasitic oscillation - or do we?
|
| Even Shakespeare knew about the great parasitic debate when the messengers
| Rosenkrantz and Gildenstern were sent to Hamlet to deliver a message.
| Hamlet pointed at some clouds and said they looked like whales. R & G
| agreed. Then Hamlet suggested they looked like some other animal, to
which
| R & G readily agreed. Finally, Hamlet gave them a secret message to
deliver
| to another king - to cut off their heads. And they merrily rode off into
| the sunset to deliver their message and to receive their special reward.
| (since I read this story about 40 years ago, the spellings may not be
| correct, but the idea remains the same)
|
| 73, Colin K7FM
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