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That old saying "a month in the lab can save you a few hours in the library"
by salty_biscuits 8y ago
That old saying "a month in the lab can save you a few hours in the library"
- alexpetralia 8y agoThis is interesting. I feel the reverse would also seem quite sensible.
- dredmorbius 8y agoThere's a give and take between theory and practice, though thats really not what we're discussing here. Though the notion that bad theory, uninspected or unquestioned, can lead to bad practice. Alchemists and astrologers were both exceptionally empirical. Vetruvius's De Archiectura is a fascinating mix of pragmatic advice and really shitty causal explanations.
- dredmorbius 8y agoI totally misread your comment, my apologies. I like that. (Though ... it's also got its pitfalls. And there's the whole notion of explicit vs. tacit knowledge and learning.)