alt Hacker NewsHere's another quote, I don't know if it's from a speech or anything:
> What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
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ajkjk • yesterday at 5:10 PM
or you can thoughtfully consider it and maybe learn something
quotes like this are only used to dismiss observations you don't like
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Well Hamming observed it. It's not a randomized controlled study. It's anecdotal of course, and if one observed something to the contrary they would be well served to discount it. But presumably Hamming was there was a reason Hamming was addressing Bellcore.