In reply to Eric Walker's message of Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:37:04 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Personally, I do not mind a little creative accounting in astronomy if it >prevents our understanding from falling completely apart. It is in >business that cooking the books really bothers me. >
It's only when our understanding *does* fall apart that we really learn something new. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html