Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihlpg!tan From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Purging Stoll and his kind Message-ID: <1291@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 22:35:16 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.1291 Posted: Sat Sep 21 22:35:16 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 07:01:39 EDT References: <2172@ukma.UUCP> <813@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> <272@bbncc5.UUCP> <2221@ukma.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 > [Walt Stoll, in response to Steve Dyer] > There are four stages of societal response to the discovery of > radically new concepts (in this order): > #1 Ignore it and it will go away. > #2 Ridicule > #3 Attack > #4 Total acceptance: "Well, that's obvious! We knew that all > the time! ------ I humbly suggest: #5 A new newsgroup net.med.holistic where Walt could let his "radical new concepts" flower fully without sniping from us "slow learners". (Please forgive me if this has been suggested before. I haven't been reading this newsgroup for too long.) -- Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com