Bridge physics

[David Skolnik]

Phil-
I seem to have come out of this one smelling worse than going in.  You seem 
to have reacted to the only defensive part of my response.  In fact, my 
reference to "less-than-definitive data" did not refer to any of the 
current discussion, which I find immensely challenging, and for which, as I 
tried to make clear, I am most appreciative.  It was, rather, a sense 
of  the tenor of past discussions, where I, and yes, I guess RicB also, 
felt that statements verging on certainty, whether about loose bridge pins, 
or rising strings, were put forward, without the kind of data we now are 
proposing to try to assemble.  I hope this clarifies my previous comments.

David Skolnik







At 05:49 PM 4/27/2005 -0700, you wrote:
> >Phil-
> >Your point is well taken, and you've made it before, I think.  I seem to
> >take the easy way out...just asking the question, although, for me, even
> >framing the question is a struggle.  To the extent that I appear to be
> >expecting the "answers" from either you or Ron, I apologize.  As I may
> >have said in the past, I seem to react if I perceive less-than-definitive
> >data and theory being presented as absolute fact, even as the explanation
> >might be comfortingly clear.  You are right in suggesting that I need to
> >generate some of my own data and theories.
> >
> >Regards and thanks -
> >
> >David Skolnik
>
>To which less-than-definitive data and theory are you referring?  Ric B has
>made similar comments about theory being presented as absolute fact.  I
>don't understand what has been said or done on the bridge pin angle thread
>to give the impression that anything being discussed is considered absolute
>fact. Ron N has presented what I consider a plausible explanation for an
>observed phenomenon.  I have been participating in a discussion of that
>conjecture (that sounds less high flown than a theory).  If I didn't think
>his conjecture was plausible I wouldn't waste my time discussing it.  If I
>thought it was an absolute fact I also wouldn't be wasting my time
>discussing it - I would just accept it as a given and move on to something
>else.
>
>Phil Ford
>
>
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