The Physics of Blown Sand:
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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:10:49 EDT
From: IieoOoeiI@aol.com
To: shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
Subject: Ad hominem?
Message-ID: <149.19493b22.2ca2ffe9@aol.com>
=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
----It is to our advantage to remember that, for the most part, scientists are= =20 not priests--they are plumbers.
U. M.
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