he probably did this test The only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down. If the author's goals were less lofty, I might be inclin

he probably did this test The only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down. If the author's goals were less lofty, I might be inclined to make this assumption, too. That said it's equally likely, given that he recorded so many other aspects of this experiment, omitting this from the record indicates that the test was not performed.