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"Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com> wrote in message news:<c259d4$vbr$1_at_news.netins.net>...
> > Only relational zealots are database theorists. All the others, including
> > you, indulge in conjecture. Conjecture <> Theory.
> >
> > Roy Hann
>
> Show me a scientist who does not indulge in conjecture! Surely you have an
> appreciation for hypotheses that have not yet been proven, right? Afterall,
> what is a theory? I looked it up and here is one of the defintions found at
> dictionary.com
>
> Theory, def: "An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a
> conjecture"
>
> Of course, we don't want only untested theories. smiles. --dawn
Computing science is not positivist science!
You are mixing apples with oranges.
Regards
Alfredo
Received on Wed Mar 03 2004 - 18:11:18 CST
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