Re: Hamilton's rule

"Perplexed in Peoria" (jimmenegay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
> I am discovering that I am not very good at this. I am tempted to
> return to the policy I use with McGinn of referring all questions
> to the textbooks.

You're doing fine. Keep going. It's OK to make mistakes
as long as you're willing to acknowledge and correct them.
"A ship in the harbour is safe. But that is not what
ships are for."

Even if a textbook is correct, the process of reading and
understanding something from a textbook can involve making
and correcting mistakes.

There are advantages to doing things independently.
Concepts may be defined in new ways that make certain
new ideas more likely to emerge.
--
Cathy Woodgold
http://www.ncf.ca/~an588/par_home.html
We are all Iraqis now.

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