Re: Reconsidering Halton Arp

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Robert J. Kolker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
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>> The Greeks had charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter.  They could have made 
>> gunpowder.  The Greeks had copper, zinc, lodestones, and acids, they could 
>> have discovered Maxwell's equations.  The Greeks had sand and fire, they 
>> could have invented the refracting telescope.  The Greeks could work metal 
>> and distill alcohal, they could have invented the internal combustion 
>> engine.
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>Considering the acomplishments of the only decent Greek scientist, 
>Archimedes [1], your ironic commentary borders closely on truth. What 
>the Greek philosophs were missing was humility, not technology; the 
>realization that one ought to submit the products of the mind to the 
>judgement of Nature.

And who can say what a future generation will say was right in front of 
our noses and should have been discovered.

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