T3D Re: MAOFD in words and pictures

[john bercovitz <bercov@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  I think the last sentence means to say "I do NOT 
> know what effect...."

Right you are and many thanks for pointing it out.
I'd also like to thank Peter A. for sending me a
number of things to think about regarding this
paper.

Next question: Is it at all helpful?  Or is it
only clearly understood by those who already
understand exactly what Steve and I did?  8-)

If you think about it, all we did was a geometric
derivation but that derivation is based on a sort
of one in thirty rule.  The geometric derivation 
is demonstrably correct but this 1 in 30 rule, 
although it has always worked well, has no basis 
other than it does seem to work well for everyone 
who has tried it.  I know of no scholarly papers
or double-blind tests on this exact subject. 8-)

Anytime you start trying to characterize human 
systems, it seems like you have awful complications
and interactions to deal with and that requires a 
lot of ifs, buts and weasel-words in anything you 
write about it; therefore:

In conclusion,  I am just warning everyone that I
don't know the physical basis of the rule, but it 
seems always to work superbly (I haven't seen the 
exception).  I do know that the geometry, based on 
the rule, was done correctly.

John B


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