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    Re: Perpendicularity and other qstns.
    From: Frank Reed CT
    Date: 2004 Oct 13, 20:05 EDT
    Herbert Prinz wrote:
    "This was in direct response to Alexandre's false claim that every sextant
    suffered from this problem.
    Alexandre has actually stated that he has a mathematical demonstration
    for this claim and offered to divulge it."

    I think it's clear that Alex simply jumped too quickly to a conclusion --and not out of malice but out of sheer enthusiasm for the subject. I'm reminded of a famous navigator who believed that he had found an error in his table of logarithms, and that this was something that he "could prove beyond a doubt". It happens to everyone. We make little errors and find ways to justify them. And there's nothing "ivory tower" about it!

    Some words to live by:
    "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard Feynman.

    Frank R
    [ ] Mystic, Connecticut
    [X] Chicago, Illinois
       
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