Nooitgedacht

Re: Nooitgedacht

James Watriss

>I like that. :)

Me? I skipped a scholarship to college to join the army out of high school, after which I learned to weld underwater, worked on underwater robotics, went back to college, rode a bicycle 3300 miles, graduated from college...

And finally found woodworking. Now I'm here going to school.

So... how does one pronounce that word? (phrase?)

Re: Nooitgedacht

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>We were discussing careers in engineering, science and invention over dinner last night. It was noted that when really important discoveries are made, the inventor or discoverer is very unlikely to exclaim "Eureka!" or some such legendary phrase.

Much more often, realization comes with a comment more like, "Well, thats funny?"

While not a literal translation of "Nooitgedaght," I think the underlying concept is the same.

Re: Nooitgedacht

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Boy, are your dinners more interesting than mine. Bounder just grunts as he lays down waiting for his cut, Jack's still in Michigan, just me and the TV. :)

I think you're right about discovery at its unexpected point; but when a hypothesis has been formed, the confirmation brings about the creative "Yes!" rather than a "who would have thought it."

Pam

Re: Nooitgedacht

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Sometimes, either the initial hypothesis turns out to be wrong, or some unexpected effect of a previously undiscovered relationship gets in the way of the experiment's expected results. Sometimes the nooitgedacht leads to a new hypothesis, which leads to a new experiment, and finally Yes!, but only if the experimenter doesn't give up (or fudge the data, perish the thought) when the original hypothesis doesn't provide the desired gratification.

Re: Nooitgedacht

kees

>Nooitgedacht: Nooitgedagt = Irwintools :-(

Kees