Re: Testing in historical science

Arthur V. Chadwick (chadwicka@swac.edu)
Thu, 04 Dec 1997 09:20:16 -0800

At 01:08 AM 12/4/97 -0400, David wrote:

> Some examples of what I mean about historical geology may help. A
>sample of sediment can be put under heat and pressure, and the resulting
>rock be compared with natural rocks to see if they encountered similar
>levels of heat and pressure.

Your use of the word "encountered" rather than the more scientific
(attitude) "may have encountered" is troubling, but I can write it off as
a careless mistake, since you didn't repeat it in the echinoderm example....

Art
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