Ad hominem?

From: IieoOoeiI@aol.com
Date: Wed Sep 24 2003 - 07:10:49 PDT


=A0=A0=A0=A0* Bill: "I can sense a difference in sound between PVC shakuhach=
i and=20
bamboo shakuhachi.
=A0=A0=A0=A0* Machine: "Wrong, It is simply a vibrating column of air."=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0* Bill: "But what about my experience, my tangible connection wi=
th the=20
spirit of the flute's maker and the spirit of the bamboo?"=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0* Machine: "Those don't count. Numbers don't lie. It's only a vi=
brating=20
column of air."=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0* Bill: "But there's more to the sound than just its waveforms.=20=
I can=20
sense that."=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0* Machine: "Wrong, It is simply a vibrating column of air."=20

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It is to our advantage to remember that, for the most part, scientists are= =20 not priests--they are plumbers.

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