Re: Proper Scientific Refutations

2006-05-21 Thread Steven Krivit
Thank you so much Walter for your in-depth and thoughtful reply. It may take me some time to process what you've written. If you are of the opinion that the published work itself is always an adequate guide as to the details of an experiment, may I direct your attention to a wonderful little

Re: Proper Scientific Refutations

2006-05-20 Thread Walter Faxon
Steven Krivit wrote: - V - I was havin' a chat will fellow CF author the other day about proper scientific refutations. He brought to my attention that a valid refutation of a claim is one which identifies a specific error of procedure in an experiment, such as a specific error pertaining

Re: Proper Scientific Refutations

2006-05-20 Thread RC Macaulay
Walter Faxon wrote.. Clearly the editors of general sciencejournals do not themselves have the expertise to directly criticize themethodology of most CF papers. It's much simpler to rely on theirprevious conclusions. Howdy Walter.. Oh! Were it that simple. I mentioned to Steven Krivit that

Proper Scientific Refutations

2006-05-19 Thread Steven Krivit
V - I was havin' a chat will fellow CF author the other day about proper scientific refutations. He brought to my attention that a valid refutation of a claim is one which identifies a specific error of procedure in an experiment, such as a specific error pertaining to calorimetry