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Re: New science section



In article <19991122001955.A27029@rising.com.au>,
Hamish Moffatt  <hamish@debian.org> wrote:
>On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 12:48:10AM -0500, Amy Fong wrote:
>> 1 c + 2 + 3 + 4) Vague isn't it? In that case, then law, accounting, and even 
>>          knitting is a science. Heck, just about every field of study
>> 	 is a science. The science of administration, the science of 
>> 	 hamradio, the science of electronics, the science of semantics,
>> 	 and so on...
>> 5) I sure hope not!
>> 
>> My conclusion is, if you want to use a very generic definition of
>> science, then I can argue that just about everything should go under
>> science. 
>
>Well, fortunately we don't have a semantics section. ;-)
>
>
>Hamish (not a mathematician)

Pity that!

Amy


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