Re: "experiment" Re: Waradpande seems to have destroyed PIE already

On Dec 3, 4:48 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

An experiment is when one (a scientist, generally) tests a hypothesis
by setting up some controlled environment of interest, varying the
parameters (one at a time, ideally) by controlled increments, and
observing the results. With a good hypothesis, the results will
conform to expectations. With an inadequate hypothesis, they won't,
and the hypothesis will need revising or replacing (and science will
have been done).

A bread is when it is about 25 centimeters long, 10 cm
broad, 7 cm high, brown, soft in the center, crusty on
the outside, giving off a nice smell, and coasting 1.25
Swiss francs ... Peter, for heavens sake: a production
editor at Gorgias should know that one absolutely can't
give a definition in the form of: X is when ... Our primary
teacher would have marked your lines with a thick red
stroke. And then you make the mistake of describing
one specific sort of experiments. If you go from practice
to definition, you should mention different kinds of
experiments, and then find what they have in common,
thus arriving at a true definition. Or, more simply, you
might just consult the Webster's Unabridged. One might
assume that a production editor at Gorgias Press knows
how to consult a dictionary. Or might your problem be
that you can't read? If so, you did a marvellous job hiding
your disability, and I will certainly help you with your
problem. Well then. The tiny black wriggling things
you notice on the screen in front of your eyes are
called letters. Here are some examples: a h D o W.
You will notice that they come in smaller or larger groups,
and there are spaces between the groups. Those groups
of tiny wriggling things, separated by spaces, are called
words. Now reading is a highly demanding art: you let
trail your eyes along the lines and take up them words,
one by one, and put them together in your mind, and
as by a wonder, they begin to speak in your head.
It's really great, and fun. They don't actually speak
in the way people around you speak, they speak
without making any sound, nevertheless you get
what they tell you. It's a real miracle, and worth the
effort of learning. I wish you good luck with it, and
will always assist you with an advice, if necessary.
And don't despearate if learning to read takes some
time. Goethe called reading a highly demanding art
only few people learn to do really well.

.

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