http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/06/27/releasing-lhc-data/ Dedicated to the mathematical arts. Fri, 29 May 2015 09:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/06/27/releasing-lhc-data/#comment-1347 Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:02:43 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/06/27/releasing-lhc-data/#comment-1347 If I hadn’t seen the story, I would have just thought, “Oh, that wacky Feyerabend. He’s just trying to stir up trouble.” Now, I wonder if he isn’t totally right.

]]> http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/06/27/releasing-lhc-data/#comment-1334 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:06:48 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/06/27/releasing-lhc-data/#comment-1334 The philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend once compared the contemporary assessment of theories in nuclear physics through the evidence of experiments to the interpretation by priests of vague statements issued by the Oracle at Delphi, with theoretical physicists playing an analogous role to the Greek high priests. If just anybody could get their hands on the data from experiments, then the privileged role of the high priests could be be much devalued.

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