Re: Measuring Knowledge LO2578

Andrew Moreno (amoreno@cyberspace.org)
Sat, 26 Aug 1995 00:12:04 -0400

Replying to LO2570 --

Hi,

Barry Mallis wrote:

>"Holy Paper!"

Neat fable Barry. Sounds like an epiphany to me.

>Do we have knowledge pegged?

I think optics field researchers thought they knew everything about optics
a few years ago. Optics was described as a "closed" science in textbooks.
Then some really wierd people discovered holograms and optical fibers and
blew the field wide open.

I guess when people feel certainty, that's the time to be suspicious of
success.

--
Andrew
Andrew Moreno <amoreno@cyberspace.org>