| Fred Ma 2004-03-28, 10:22 pm |
| Cameron Laird wrote:
>
> One of the hardest things in science (and business,
> and romance, and ...) is to deal with uncertainty
> and incompleteness. Yup: you have countervailing
> criteria. Figuring out the true optimum is a bigger
> project than the CAD engineering you claim as your
> goal. At some point--probably this w end, from
> the sound of it--you need to make decisions, and
> move forward. They might be wrong decisions, on
> narrow technical grounds. Good scientists make
> wrong decisions all the time. Don't let 'em get in
> the way of your science--that's all.
Sounds like the story of life, actually: making
decisions based on the available info, and the
residual uncertainty; making the most of the
decision, as well as knowing when things have
to change despite past decisions. Not a bad thing,
really. Life would be dead boring otherwise.
> You've done a good job thinking about what you want,
> and what's available. Good luck with your combina-
> torics.
Glad you think so. I know many who would have thought
it was too much digging to make the decision, but now I
have a guiding "plan" if it can be called that. Hopefully
it will optimize the use of my time going forward. Now I
gotta run like the wind. Thanks for all your input.
Fred
Fred
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