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Article #4295Re: The Flat Earth? - Conclusion
From: Ben Newsam
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:00
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rogerw@cisco.com "Roger M. Wilcox" writes:
> In article <804109462snz@microser.demon.co.uk> Ben@microser.demon.co.uk writes:
> >sterner@sel.hep.upenn.edu "Kevin Sterner" writes:
> >
> >The Swami, in his gentle way, said "Excuse me, what if..", and everyone
> >shouted "YOU'RE WRONG!!", and he is still smiling. Even his modest proposal
> >of a Flat Earth was an innocent way of starting a little discussion, but
> >instead it brought down a shower of invective. Ah well.
>
> Shades of Velikovsky.
Ah, no, I don't think so. Velikovsky had some pretty wierd notions, which he
*actually believed*. See Isaac Asimov for some nice refutations of his ideas.
The Swami is having fun with you all. It doesn't matter to him whether the
Earth is flat or is in fact a stellated dodecahedron. No wonder all the
staues of the Buddha show him as sitting with a big grin on his face!
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