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I agree. But most people do not have a scientific or technical bent. Most
people's knowledge of tech is restricted to working out what fuel their
vehicle uses (and sometimes they stuff that up). Try getting anyone over 25
to programme a video recorder. Check out any helpdesk to find a list of
jokes (ie yesterday this woman rings me up and said that it was nice that a
cup holder was provided, but that she can't find out where to put the CDs)
People need a plug & forget system if its to get anywhere. They don't want
to have to put up with a system of eternal changes and fiddling about to
make it work.
However this is the marketing point of view. I don't believe that inventors
should be let off lightly. The problem is that even the theory itself is
undeveloped, so that when something potentially undiscovered is observed,
its either a measurement error or just dismissed as being unimportant to the
work at hand. There's no theory to back up the claim. Unless an inventor is
willing to place his device in a sealed box for a year, they should go back
to the drawing board until they can.
DrJ