Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site kpnoa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!noao!kpnoa!sharp From: sharp@kpnoa.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.trivia Subject: Re: ...and the Earth is flat, too. Message-ID: <349@kpnoa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Jun-84 12:16:09 EDT Article-I.D.: kpnoa.349 Posted: Fri Jun 8 12:16:09 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Jun-84 00:47:34 EDT References: <843@houxz.UUCP>, <652@ihuxk.UUCP> Organization: Natl. Optical Astronomy Observatories Tucson AZ USA Lines: 19 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 UUCP: {akgua,allegra,arizona,decvax,hao,ihnp4,lbl-csam,seismo}!noao!sharp ARPA: noao!sharp@lbl-csam.arpa