Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yes but we trust a "witness" to the event ... but not a witness to the event, who has a photograph of the event....Steve > I can't imagine anyone using a photograph as > scientific evidence. Photos have been altered to > change reality long before the computer was invented. > --- Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > > of course this raises the issue of reliablity of > > eyewitnesses versus hard scientific > > data....Steve > > > > > Fascinating point, Neil. In fact, one of the MIT > > researchers noted that > > > perhaps we are heading for a time when, as was the > > case in the Middle Ages, > > > we will have to rely on people bearing witness to > > the truth of what we are > > > shown. ;-) > > > > > > B. D. > > > > > > > > > I don't see anything to fear in what BD and others > > have said about this. > > > Three hundred years ago, nobody would have > > accepted a painting as evidence > > > of what actually happened. The acceptance of > > recorded images, video or > > > still, as a literal record is a relatively recent > > thing. In another fifty > > > years or so, I doubt whether a video or a > > photograph will be accepted as > > > evidence it court as the means to produce doctored > > images indistinguishable > > > from the real thing will be within the reach of > > almost anyone. > > > > > > We'll have to go back to trusting people's > > reputations and integrity when we > > > form our view of the World. > > > > > > Neil > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html