Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: Velikovsky and reasoning Message-ID: <1693@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Sat, 14-Sep-85 14:39:27 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1693 Posted: Sat Sep 14 14:39:27 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Sep-85 00:26:38 EDT References: <185@gargoyle.UUCP> Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 14 > "The semidiurnal changes in barometric pressure are not explainable > by the mechanistic principles of gravitation and the heat effect of > solar radiation." This illustrates a favorite technique of > Velikovsky's: he mentions something that is not yet completely > explained and asserts, without justification, that the phenomenon in > question can *never* be explained in accordance with accepted > theories, ... [CARNES] I just thought that this passage was relevant to certain discussions in this newsgroup. -- Meanwhile, the Germans were engaging in their heavy cream experiments in Finland, where the results kept coming out like Swiss cheese... Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr