On 8/25/06, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Steve Bennett wrote:
On 8/25/06, Stefan Sittler kiaparowits@gmail.com wrote:
Instead, it's an experiment of indefinite duration with analysis (of an unknown kind? where is this analysis described?) presumably being done by some person or persons, probably, and the results to be revealed at some later unspecified date.
Think of it as a "trial" or a "change with unspecified duration", rather than an "experiment", and the pain will go away.
It doesn't, because "trial" is still just as misleading as "experiment" without some plan for evaluating the trial's results and "change with unspecified duration" is just a euphemism for "change with indefinite duration."
Or to quote Jimmy wales, "we should proceed experimentally to see if this helps or not. If not, we try something else. Calvinball."