Ooh, look, a pony!
No, not really. But with Priya's computer out of commission, and me finishing a paper and trying to get caught up on my research, there's been a distinct lack of excitement around here lately.You can hear the chirping of digital crickets, can't you?
In the meantime, here's something for you to play around with. It's from a MB post by fadedambition.
My current favorite?
Eigen, Manfred (1927 - )
A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong.
A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.
Jagdish Mehra (ed.) The Physicist's Conception of Nature, 1973.
Yes, this is something I have nightmares about. A model that is well done, accurate, and completely irrelevant.
A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong.
A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.
Jagdish Mehra (ed.) The Physicist's Conception of Nature, 1973.
Yes, this is something I have nightmares about. A model that is well done, accurate, and completely irrelevant.
posted by Elizabeth @ 8:14 PM
2 Comments:
I got this:
Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662)
Words differently arranged have a different meaning and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.
--Blaise Pascal
Btw, my computer's still not working. Since I have the use of this one for about five minutes, I (obviously) ignored checking email and looked up BBC news, footy scores and blog instead.
Hee. Clearly the interweb is trying to tell us something.
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