stassen@spp2.UUCP (Chris Stassen) (03/13/86)
In article <519@imsvax.UUCP> ted@imsvax.UUCP (Ted Holden) writes: >... the situation would resemble >several very large and heavy round boulders sitting atop a plateau, the >creationists (such as DuBois) thinking it reasonable that the boulders >were PUT there, and you claiming that they ROLLED UP the hill, only very >long ago (billyuns and billyuns of years ago) and very, very slowly, so as >not to look so damned stupid trying to explain HOW. The message of >modern science is flatly contradicted by ordinary experience. ... and the Velikovskians, who are sure that a near-collision with Neptune temporarily inverted gravity, and caused all of the rocks to float to the top of the hill. :-( Haven't we had this "order from disorder" discussion enough times? Ted's analogy is flawed, anyhow. (I'll take it up with anyone who cares by Email). -- Chris