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From: gsmith@BOSCO.BERKELEY.EDU
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Subject: Re: DRIED BLOOD TURNS LIQUID
Message-ID: <8710020744.AA07804@jell-o>
Date: Fri, 2-Oct-87 03:44:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  2 03:44:22 1987
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In article <1290@mucs.UX.CS.MAN.AC.UK> thoward%cgu.cs.man.ac.uk@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk writes:

>I couldn't disagree more with these comments. The questions is *not* one of
>religion; it is that of information or misinformation. It is either true or
>false that the 'blood' liquefied as claimed. If it really did, then this is an
>earth-shaking event that has immense ramifications for the current state of
>scientific knowledge.


  Need we go so far as this? Until it is analyzed, we don't know
what the solid/liquid substance is. It might be something which
tends to liquefy when brought out in sunlight and waved around,
for instance. It may spontaneously liquefy when the air pressure
or temperature changes, but usually unobserved. The only way to
find out would be to examine it carefully, and study its behavior
if necessary.

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/Brahmsgangster/Berkeley CA 94720
                 "Your notation sucks!"  Serge Lang