Roger Odisio:
> ...
> And I disagree with Laibman. Are you sure that's what he said? Did he
> ever write that anywhere? Silly may be too kind of a word for such a
> statement.
No, it's quite correct. For an observation to refute a theory, there must be a theory as to why the observation is important and therefore refutes. As Einstein said, "theory tells us what we can observe." Phenomena must be ordered before they can mean anything. And so on.
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