Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site bcsaic.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!bcsaic!pamp From: pamp@bcsaic.UUCP (pam pincha) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Let me rephrase that..... Message-ID: <362@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 19:19:07 EST Article-I.D.: bcsaic.362 Posted: Mon Nov 4 19:19:07 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 03:44:50 EST References: <450@imsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: pamp@bcsaic.UUCP (pam pincha) Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 19 Summary: Ted seem to be confused about McNeil's article. I think part of the problem is the ignoring of the phrase "any educated" person..... What seems to be forgotten is that the facts about the size, roundness etc.etc.etc was NOT a widespread, common fact -- but one known to a select few. Hence, the seemingly contradictory nature of a few knowing something of the true nature of the earth vs. the rest of the population which roamed around in varing stages of blissfull ignorance.(A good analogy would be the principles of Uniformitarianism- only someone in the fields of geology and archaeology would be very familar with it. It's the crux of much of how these disciplines view the world. Most of the rest of the world could care less...) All in all, the article was not that confusing. One just has to have the right context and the same assumptions. Ted doesn't seem to have this particular one. P.M.Pincha-Wagener