"Michael Witty" <mw132 at mole.bio.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Colin,
> yes you are right. Far from perfect. But an experiment is married
> to the real world. Sitting in an office and making assumptions is how to
> get divorced from the real world! Mike.
I might also argue that sitting in a lab and devising experiments can be
somewhat of a divorce from the real world. A balanced approach requires
calculation, experimentation, and a little application! :-)