Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!porges From: porges@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Re: never believe what you read in t - (nf) Message-ID: <219@inmet.UUCP> Date: Mon, 25-Jul-83 18:41:46 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.219 Posted: Mon Jul 25 18:41:46 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 27-Jul-83 09:22:09 EDT Lines: 8 #R:fortune:-128200:inmet:4000008:000:356 inmet!porges Jul 22 12:29:00 1983 How is the "water is an intoxicant" example not a good example of scientific method? Because after you try scotch-and-water, bourbon-and-water, gin-and-water, you do not then CONCLUDE "water is an intoxicant" -- you make that a hypothesis. Then, obviously, you test it with just water. And that is why this criticism of scientific method is incorrect.