Dick,

Thanks for your detailed explanation. I guess I'm just gonna have to spend a little more time going over your paper as I get the opportunity.

Here's a few comments and questions though:

>>>In the picture I present (a totally undefined data set transformed by a totally undefined transformation) any symmetry which can be generated by a transformation cannot be assigned to the underlying data. It must be presumed bogus as there is no way to prove it exists in the underlying reality.

• Sorry, I got sick - been in bed all day! - doctordick - May 4, 2001 - 00:59 UTC
  • Get well soon! - paulm - May 4, 2001 - 02:29 UTC
  • re: Get well soon! - harvey1 - May 4, 2001 - 21:28 UTC
    • We may be getting somewhere - paulm - May 5, 2001 - 00:02 UTC
    • re: We may be getting somewhere - harvey1 - May 7, 2001 - 23:04 UTC
      • We may be getting further - paulm - May 8, 2001 - 00:41 UTC
      • Another apostle for Dick :) - aurino - May 8, 2001 - 14:13 UTC
        • I'm a physicist - yanniru - May 9, 2001 - 11:49 UTC
          • Come on Richard - aurino - May 9, 2001 - 13:02 UTC
            • but not the direction of looking - yanniru - May 10, 2001 - 11:40 UTC
• re: Sorry, I got sick - been in bed all day - harvey1 - May 4, 2001 - 19:28 UTC
  • correction - harvey1 - May 4, 2001 - 19:33 UTC
    • Correction question - paulm - May 4, 2001 - 22:42 UTC
      • Correct sp: bored (nt) - harvey1 - May 5, 2001 - 14:12 UTC