Theory and actuation


	Theory and actuation

balthazarus

7-3-2009 8:18 AM

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tests, theory, experiment

balthazarus says:

I find it as a nice example of the need always to look for ways to test one theory of...
Only then will clarity arise above the unmediated unchallenged and largely unsupported knowledge one has about the world and herself.

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