In Reply to: A few words posted by Eric LeRouge on August 21, 2004 at 10:41:25:
Eric,I don't expect perfection, but there have to be some minimum standards in every field otherwise nobody can learn anything from the body of published works. The level of rigor varies by field. It's been quite high in the fields I have had the opportunity to publish or present work in. But rigor seems utterly missing in audio and garbage science has almost become the norm. A lot of the technical articles published in this field could use a disclaimer: "For entertainment purposes only", because that's all you're going to get out of them.
But even in the absence of standards, I still expect people to take responsibility for the accuracy and correctness of what they publish. I don't think Alex is willing to do that. I even question his motives for replying here and I have my doubts about his sincerity in wanting to resolve the issues raised by Dan, Frank, and myself. I think Alex is only interested in damage control and further, I expect that we will be able to revisit this article in 6 months and it will still be there without any resolution to these issues.
I admire your attempts to find some sort of common ground in this discussion. I really do. But I don't think there is any to be found and therefore I see no point in continuing it any further.
Dave
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Follow Ups
- Re: A few words - Dave Kingsland 05:24:58 08/22/04 (1)
- Re: A few words - Alex Striganov 10:44:28 08/22/04 (0)