Re: Plausibility Check

Franz Gnaedinger wrote:
Nathan Sanders wrote:

a reply half a meter long, making it almost impossible
to answer - I could easily answer each and every point,
but in this way we'd soon arrive at replies one kilometer
long. So I just pick out a couple of points.

A discovery is not a prediction. A prediction is a prediction.

A Nathan is not a Sanders. A Nathan is a Nathan.

Non sequitur.


Mining is not predicting.

When I know about geology, and can say: there might
be oil, and when I dig, and find oil, I did so on the basis
of a prediction that sprang from laws of geology.

You chose to mine because of your prediction. The predicting and the mining were two different things.

Someone who roams an entire beach every weekend with a metal detector, not focusing on particular spot because he has no preconception as to what part of the beach might contain a find and not necessarily expecting to find anything valuable at all, is mining without predicting.


No, you don't. Whispering, by definition, is speaking in a purely
voiceless manner, with no vocal cord vibration. Again, if you're
going to use technical terminology, learn what it means first.

Fool that you are. Whispering is speaking with a minimum
of air streaming along the vocal chords. You can hear when
someone whispers.

What makes you think sound comes only from vocal cords? Can you hear a teakettle whistling or pots banging? No vocal cords involved.
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