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Well, it couldn't be asserted because it has happened. You should have said,
"It might also have been asserted...", in any case this is hardly true. When
many thought the earth was flat, people still traveled around the known
world (the word Mediterranean, comes from "middle of the earth (or world)"
and reflects a belief that the cities scattered around that sea where
located at the center of the earth). When it was generally known that the
earth was round, many navigators made the trip. They circumnavigated the
globe or, in plain English, the traveled around the world.

And in what sense do you doubt that there is such a thing as around? I can
walk around the room, around my house, I used to say that I really get
around, and I often find myself walking around and around, and, of course, I
can fly around the world. In the context that you used the word, I fail to
see any deep mystical or semiotic meaning. Now, if you had questioned the
world "entire", well that would be a completely different matter! <grin>


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"AngleWyrm" <no_spam_anglewyrm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:a7dsd.140339$5K2.15588@attbi_s03...
> > Karl-Hugo Weesberg wrote:
> > > Todays computers are still as dumb as computer of the 70s, so there is
> > > no chance in hell to develop a good AI.
>
> It could also be asserted that mankind could never travel around the
entire
> earth, if indeed there is such a thing as around.
>
>