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Re: The "T" word



Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From lod-at-pacbell-dot-netSun Oct 13 22:03:11 1996
> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 20:51:08 +0000
> From: GE Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: The "T" word
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I feel the need to show some support for Theory at this point,
> for all of those out there that see it as a diversion from
> performing 'real work'.
> 
> Our modern civilization was designed by those brave souls whose
> painstaking efforts to model the physical world has allowed us our
> present degree of safety from the elements, comfort and convenience.
> Would you rather fly in a plane built by someone who 'feels'
> that the design is sound, or built by someone that can prove it?
> 
> Tesla once spoke of Edison:
> "If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed
> at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw
> until he found the object of his search.  I was the sorry witness
> of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation
> would have saved him ninety percent of his labor."
> 
> I hope that no one tries to build that 1MW coil by trial and error!
> 
> (end of rant)
> 
> Thanks, GL


Hear, Hear

If we could figure out how these things work, we could figure out how to
do it better. Theory does not always have to follow the reduction to
practice.

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