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>>decide..." is very interesting! I'm used to "hard" sciences (e.g., math,
>>chemistry, physics) where the 'objects' are stable enough that the matter of
>>personal opinion in classification rarely enters the picture.
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>Tesla vs. Edison, anyone?
Yes! And how then about the progression NEWTON-EINSTEIN-HEISENBERG (physics
becoming softer and softer), complex numbers, non-Euklidean geometry, chaos
theory, &c.?
I fear "hard sciences" with "stable" objects is an obsolete concept
superseded by better hypotheses...
Kind regards
Jan