Re: Re:
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- From: d*@webtv.net
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 01:55:36 -0400 (EDT)
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Yeah I agree...!!!...lol
Deborah
Joe,
As I began to read your recent post I was nearly
compelled to stand and shout "stop!". Any hint of
scientific literacy on this list will be treated
with disdain and you may find yourself leveled and
charged with heresy. I was in the process of
writing to the young man to let him know that he
should simply be satisfied with the knowledge that
pumpkins do float when your email came in. Now I
feel that perhaps you have skimmed over the
subject just enough to whet his appetite for
further information and that I need not reply.
Still, I feel the need to mention that in addition
to the 'density theories', other theories, based
on the sometimes strange and bizarre world of
quantum mechanics might suggest that pumpkins do
not float at all, but rather, hover, just above
the water while displacing a certain amount of
said water.
And what about some of the term you've used:
interpretation
physicists
Theorem
hypotheses
correlative
These are terms of the black art. Can we not
simply say, pumpkins float because we believe they
float? Is it not better to 'just let it happen'
than to try and explain why. Recently I noticed
the word 'genetics' used on this list and almost
wrote to Duncan to have offending scientific term
removed, but fought the urge and now stand firmly
behind you.
I applaud you Joe for standing in the face of
oppression and speaking of such things.
Greg Schraiber
Machesney Park, IL
Joseph Derting wrote:
>
> Depending on your personal interpretation of the Unified Field Theorem
> the reasons vary. Oh, sure there's always the simple answer so often
> given by pedantic minded physicists "pumpkins float because their
> density is less than the density of water" but what does this actually
> tell us about the pumpkin itself?
>
> My personal research is focusing on 2 far more compelling hypotheses:
>
> (1) Pumpkins float because they are witches.
> (Note the intruiging Salem Witch Trial correlative possibilities)
>
> (2) Pumpkins float because they are happy.
>
> I know that these are likely to be received with a great deal of
> skepticism and controversy. For reasons of fear, society often mocks
> that which is bold and cutting edge. Rimbaud, Picasso, Brecht and many
> others survived this; I will prevail as well.
>
> Joe Derting
> Tualatin, OR
>
> p.s. It's been a very long Friday. Can you tell?
>
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