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Article #59Re: 2nd law not taught in the ex - Eastern block?
From: Antti Siivonen
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 11:47
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 11:47
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ecmtwhk@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Thomas Koenig) writes: >I recently heard from a friend that some universities in what used to be >the Eastern block did not teach the second law of thermodynamics to >their students, because that was seen to collide with Marxist philosophy >that the world was going to perfection, and was therefore politically >incorrect to the highest degree. He also mentioned that Goedel's theorem >was taught to be fallacious, for the same reason. Is this true? I suppose it isn't true. I'm myself from Leningrad. I don't have noticed it. -- Andreas - Siperian Sirri Siberian Stint No ITU, love, evolution. Tuusniemi ! Siis imein suut !
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