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From: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
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Subject: Re: Information sciences vs. physical sc - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 20-Dec-83 12:20:12 EST
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Astronomy certainly IS an experimental science.  Admittedly they don't heat
up Sirius 500 degrees to see how it behaves, but they do the "equivalent" by
searching for another, similar star which is 500 degrees warmer.  No harder
than drumming up $47,000,000 to build an accellerator in 5 years.