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From: gsmith@brahms (Gene Ward Smith)
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Subject: Re: Prehistoric Earth = Middle Earth?
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Date: Tue, 25-Nov-86 21:43:16 EST
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In article <832@ukecc.UUCP> vnend@ukecc.UUCP (D. W. James) writes:

>>                                         There is no way we can prove that
>>"The Lord of the Rings" is not the actual pre-history of the earth, though
>>I admit it doesn't seem likely. [Gene Smith]

>	My first reaction when I read this was:
>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>	Then I reconsidered. My second reaction was: hahahahaahhahaha.

>	LOtR is fantasy written as legend. It is a DAMN good story. But the
>pre-history of Earth? I think not.

   Well, reconsider your reconsideration for a moment. What are some of
the things that happen in Tolkien's universe? At one point, a flat earth
is turned into a round one. Illuvatar is all powerful, and may at a later
time have made further changes, so that the Sun is a ball of gas, etc.
etc. In the end, enough changes might get made that all that is left are
a few legends about gods, elves, dwarves and Atlantis; and a phony past
substituted in the rocks of the Earth and the quasars of the newly made
cosmos.

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
Imagine what the world would be like if football was a worthy ritual performed
in stadiums but mathematics was a misunderstood activity ignored by almost all.