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From: sharp@kpnoa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: ...and the Earth is flat, too.
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Date: Fri, 8-Jun-84 12:16:09 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  8 12:16:09 1984
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Organization: Natl. Optical Astronomy Observatories   Tucson AZ  USA
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I am reminded of a conversation Wittgenstein is said to have had with a
colleague in the corridor:

 W: Why do we assume that it's natural for people to believe that the
    sun goes round the Earth ?
 C: Well.... because it looks as though the sun goes round the Earth.
 W: But, what would it look like if it looked as though the Earth goes
    round the sun ?

[Of course, you have to remember that a typical Wittgenstein question is
`Is the rhinoceros that's not in your corner the same as the rhinoceros
that's not in my corner ?]
-- 

	Nigel Sharp     National Optical Astronomy Observatories
			Tucson, Arizona			(602) 325-9273	

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