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From: greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Gregory Nowak)
Newsgroups: talk.origins,alt.flame
Subject: Re: Flat Earth?  More mindless drivel.
Keywords: Platygaeanism Idiocy Mindless Drivel
Message-ID: <1551@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 27 Jan 88 02:16:01 GMT
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Reply-To: greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Gregory Nowak)
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In article <862@elmgate.UUCP> ram@elmgate.UUCP (Randy Martens) writes:

}His postings are even more amusing than ever.  The essential flaw in his
}arguments is this: There are no round earth theories, because the earth
}being round is _FACT_ .  Do you hear that Mr. "Mathemagus".  Not theory.
}Fact. Period. 

Randy,

Calm down. Please explain to us hall how you have managed to bypass
scientific method, and now come to certain knowledge of the natural
worldby define revelation. There are no facts, only theories. The
round-earthers have their theories which they believe explain the
facts comprehensively and consisely. So do the flat-earthers. By
jumping up and down and screaming "FACT! FACT!" you merely reveal
yourself as an ignorant child who is unfit to discuss matters of
science. If you are as certain as you claim to be, why don't you
reveal the grounds for your certainty, instead of mindlessly chanting
about how the earth is round, without providing your proofs? Science
isn't a beauty contest. Different theories can be accomodated, and may
the simplest and most comprehensive theory win.(Sometimes simplicity
and comprehensivenss come into conflict; this is where the fun begins
-- and where my recent work lies.) I suggest you also attempt to be
less rude to Mr. Joly.



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