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No Mike, it doesn't contain that message. My message is that you, the reader, should consider that this "obvious problem" is a substantial one and that the ent
by IanDrake 10y ago
No Mike, it doesn't contain that message.
My message is that you, the reader, should consider that this "obvious problem" is a substantial one and that the entire premise of this measurement is based on a particular understanding of the ageing process of air in a salt crystal over time.
- mikeash 10y agoWhen you say that this understanding "seems to assume" this, you're pretty strongly implying that there aren't any good reasons to think it's true. Maybe you just meant to say that it's based on that idea, rather than assuming it?