I agree with Jim and Roger and take slight issue with Alek. We never do stuff
that theory says "won't work." We regularly do stuff that theory says "Won't
work well" or at least "won't work optimally." But if we do stuff that theory
says "won't work," it doesn't.
The point of this post isn't clear to me. Is it to sing praise to ignorance? If
it is, I take strong issue with the premise. If it is to sing praise to dogged
detrmination and prgamatism in using theory to make the best of what we have
available, then I happily join the choir. I suspect the former.
Yes, it's great to poke fun at the original ideas underlying our understanding
of how the world works. The idea of of phlogiston is hilarious. But as those
who enjoy doing so get a good laugh, they also need to understand that science
is fundamentally self-correcting. Ideas and explanations that do a poor job are
cast aside, based on evidence, for those that do a better job. These will be
cast aside as our knowledge expands.
The best hams, the most brilliant hams among us, are not ignorant appliance
operators but instead those that know the theory behind How Stuff Works well
enough to make the stuff they have do the job..
Kim N5OP
On 2015-01-11, at 10:38 PM, Charles Henry wrote:
> The genius of ham radio is that hams are brave and practical enough to look
> THEORY in the face and then go on with WHAT WORKS. Also, to listen to Mr.
> Smith, nod politely, and go on with WHAT WORKS.
> As a lofty appliance operator, I live ham radio by WHAT WORKS, not Mr. Smith
> or others.
> That is my fun, and thank goodness for the great numbers of inventive,
> theory-testing/discarding real hams who MAKE IT WORK.
> 73, Charly
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