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From: tmh@ihldt.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: re: the moon
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Date: Fri, 21-Oct-83 10:20:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 21 10:20:28 1983
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It seems to me that back when I was getting my B.A. that it was
explained to me as an optical illusion similar to the one with
the two lines with arrows pointing in opposite directions.  The 
size determiner seems to be the average size house (i.e. thing
that interupts your horizon) in your neighborhood.  The story in
class went; some Anthropoplgists first noticed this when they were
with some Afican desert dwellers and were remarking on how big the
moon was.  The natives remarked that they were crazy since the
moon never changed size.  The natives lived in small huts and
there were virtually no interuptions on the horizon.

				It just go to show that to 
				people who live in grass huts
				the moon is a harsh mistress?!?,
					Tom Harris