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Letter: Letters : . . .

Published 8 February 1997

From D. M. McRae

Bembridge, Isle of Wight

Who does Cranialjax think he is to say he is too busy to remember who
originated a theory?

When he is a little bit older he will come to realise that today’s account of
how it works will be superseded tomorrow. It is extremely convenient to have a
shorthand name to identify the failed theory. This makes it much easier to
identify if a conclusion is based on obsolete thinking.

Issue no. 2068 published 8 February 1997

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