Hi, Your comments on my thinking are essentially correct, because "scientific approach is good" and "silver bullets don't exist". You bet. I have been educated to expect an Oracle author to not misdirect the readers, and if so, to correct themselves politely. I am very pleased with the leaders on this list. The only part where I may differ from you is that I can give no credit to the good bits, if they happen to be buried in an incorrect initial hypothesis and poor conclusions. That would be an academic 'F' on a paper in my schools. I judge quality of instruction based on how the author helps the student learn for themselves. I'm more a student of Oracle, whereas I see you as a teacher. So, I understand why you encourage improvement. Sorry if I am not clear enough with my explanations. Regards, Mike Thomas > : Because, it did not help me to suggest > 'silver-bullet' > : remedies without addressing 'How does the Oracle > : expert _learn_ to provide emergency support?'. Is > : countering an academic and scientific approach a > good > : approach to learning? > : > > I wasn't 100% sure what you were saying here. > Am I correct in thinking that you read the article > where Don is supposed to be telling us that there > are lots of silver bullets, and got to the end > thinking > "there are no silver bullets, you actually have to > work > out what's wrong ?" > > If that's the case, then you've put your finger on > the > most admirable bit of the article. There are three > or > four case studies where it demonstrates that you > have > to use a scientific approach to decide what the > problems > are; thus showing (despite the author's starting > position): > scientific approach is good > silver bullets don't exist > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you?re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------