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Longbow Tech Question
Stretch:
After watching the program, the Mary Rose bow they show might have a bit of recurve, however, it had no where near the recurve of the bow they built. I'm in no way an expert on the subject, but I know research and I know what it looks like to read your own opinions into the evidence. To say the MR bow they showed was evidence that all/most/some longbows were recurved is a pretty big leap. Even if that one bow had some recurve at the tips, you still have to prove that it was put there intentionally.
Del the cat:
Might have had a bit..
Yeah and I might have had a night of passion with Keira Knightly...
::).
WALOOB
Del
adb:
DEL!!!!... you too! ;D ;D
Stretch:
--- Quote from: Del the cat on July 24, 2011, 08:10:34 pm ---
WALOOB
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Exactly. You have a theory, so you take your theory and dig through the 137 bows that were recovered until you find one that might have a bit of what you're expecting to see. Of course you're looking for that evidence so when you see it you convince yourself it's there and say "LOOK! I have PROOF!". It's pushing opinions into evidence. It happens all the time in scientific studies, that's why they're peer reviewed and independently verified (or should be).
BTW isn't it WALOB with one O? ;)
Marz5:
welllllllll.... I wasn't going to thow my 2 cents in but I guess I will, if you pay close attention to the very beginning of part 4 ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDoggUZTOJs&feature=related ) he shows what "appears" to be a reflexed limb. If you look again at what he calls the belly of the bow you can see the cream color of the sapwood, in other words what he just showed us was a limb with set or deflex and then claims it to be evidence of a recurved tip >:(
me, IMHO I like the curve of the warbow w/o flipped tips :)
--- Quote from: Stretch on July 24, 2011, 11:46:00 pm ---You have a theory, so you take your theory and dig through the 137 bows that were recovered until you find one that might have a bit of what you're expecting to see. Of course you're looking for that evidence so when you see it you convince yourself it's there and say "LOOK! I have PROOF!". It's pushing opinions into evidence. It happens all the time in scientific studies, that's why they're peer reviewed and independently verified (or should be).
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as much as a don't like it some scientists look for the answer they want, not the truth
--Mark R.
PS: what is "WALOOB"? ???
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