Re: virus: level 3 minds

Jason McVean (jmcvean@acs.ucalgary.ca)
Sun, 10 Nov 96 12:34:04 MST


Sinking fast... must delete old messages... mailbox can't hold much
more... Hey! What's this doing way back here?

David Leeper wrote:
> Einstein's Theory of Relativity has shown that there is no
> absolute truth. All truth is relative.

To my knowledge, the theory of relativity says nothing of the
kind. In fact, one could argue that it is a component of absolute
truth.

> Buy (Opps!) By the
> way, he also said "If you can't explain it to a ten year
> old, you don't know what you're talking about."

Now that, I may be convinced to buy.

Jason

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