Re: Reconsidering Halton Arp

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gregory L. Hansen) writes:
>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.
>>
>>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.
>
:-)))  Right now, right in front of my nose (well, metaforically) 
there is a list of numbers some subset of which will yield big money 
at the nearest state lottery drawing.  So?

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