On Sat, 30 May 1998 06:43:55 -0400, Paul Bernhardt <pbern7@...> ... I always assumed the prohibition was aimed specifically at commercial importers...
Glenn Brady
groucho@...
Jun 1, 1998 9:29 am
1679
On Sun, 31 May 1998 10:34:32 -0400, Gernot Metze <gmetze@...> ... No, they're the ones for the other side of the room. (Name that movie.) More...
Glenn Brady
groucho@...
Jun 1, 1998 9:30 am
1680
... Ask a jockey. 8. Not that I'm a jockey. Incidentally, a cricket pitch is 22 yards (one chain) and remains that, whether in Australia, the U.K. or India. . ...
Glenn Brady
groucho@...
Jun 1, 1998 9:31 am
1681
... Because, beleive it or not, USA system is actually based on Metric and decimal systems while British system is arbitrary. The US inch is exactly 2.54 cm. ...
Aditya, the Hindu Ske...
a018967t@...
Jun 1, 1998 10:40 am
1682
In a msg on <May 30 11:02>, arlong@... writes: R> child.) Wouldn't it be a good thing to actively teach people how R> to be rational -- even if that...
David Bloomberg
David.Bloomberg@...
Jun 1, 1998 1:16 pm
1683
In a msg to David Bloomberg on <May 30 14:06>, Robin Boerst writes: DB> Let me quote a relevant portion of my column in our latest ... DB> "As you know, REALL...
David Bloomberg
David.Bloomberg@...
Jun 1, 1998 1:17 pm
1684
... R> I was certainly not suggesting that skeptics groups should have the R> sole goal of squashing religion. I don't think she thought you meant it should...
David Bloomberg
David.Bloomberg@...
Jun 1, 1998 1:20 pm
1685
In a msg on <May 30 17:05>, Sigurdur writes: R> I wouldn't dream of asking you or any other group to change R> its charter, and I'm not trying to impose any...
David Bloomberg
David.Bloomberg@...
Jun 1, 1998 1:20 pm
1686
... You said: ``Wouldn't the world be a better place if all people were taught to be rational and left the superstitions behind?'' and I asked for evidence to...
Michael D. Sofka
sofkam@...
Jun 1, 1998 1:38 pm
1687
... There are many such examples. If a movie is billed as a ``mystery'' you can be sure that in the end the ghost will turn out to be uncle ed, who was trying...
Michael D. Sofka
sofkam@...
Jun 1, 1998 1:52 pm
1688
... That is an assumption Hollywood picked up from the genre of science fiction. SF has traditionally had scientist who thought they could control the forces...
Michael D. Sofka
sofkam@...
Jun 1, 1998 2:01 pm
1689
... Some SF has. But SF has also traditionally had scientists who were right. There's the Mary Shelley crowd, but there's also the other side. ...
James H.G. Redekop
tzoq@...
Jun 1, 1998 2:32 pm
1690
... The great mystery writer John Dickson Carr recommended William Hope Hodgkin's short stories about a psychic investigator ("Carnacki, the Ghost Hunter," as...
Anima
anima@...
Jun 1, 1998 2:40 pm
1691
... Well, I don't find the claim that a pervasive human institution serves some useful function to be all that extraordinary. Especially when, this...
Michael D. Sofka
sofkam@...
Jun 1, 1998 2:48 pm
1692
... No argument, just pointing out that the ``scientist meddling with things we should leave alone'' is as old as (older, in fact) the genre. Captain Nemo...
Michael D. Sofka
sofkam@...
Jun 1, 1998 2:56 pm
1693
... own ... around ... be ... Actually, William J didn't write that -- Robin did. Bill's my dad and I'm using his email while I'm here visiting from Oz. I'm...
William J. Boerst
bill3@...
Jun 1, 1998 3:10 pm
1694
Somebody mentioned that Randi had a bit about the fairies in "Flim Flam," so I pulled it off the shelf. Turns out I was right about the exposure: the original...
Dave Palmer
dpalmer@...
Jun 1, 1998 3:13 pm
1695
... I am really amazed they can keep it up for so long. I only started to watch this program because of the skeptical criticism it was getting, and now I'm...
Michael D. Sofka
sofkam@...
Jun 1, 1998 3:17 pm
1696
Mike Sofka wrote: R > >> Don't huge masses of supernaturalists, each sub-group having their own R > >> particular set of bizarre beliefs, have an effect on the...
William J. Boerst
bill3@...
Jun 1, 1998 3:31 pm
1697
... http://www.snopes.com/spoons/fracture/barcode.htm -- "Four circles to the kissing come, The smaller are the benter. The bend is just the inverse of The...
Hans Havermann
haver@...
Jun 1, 1998 3:50 pm
1698
... I understand the distinction between testable and untestable claims but by this criteria, it would be sufficient to simply phrase the homeopathic claim ...
Sigurður GÃsl...
helsi@...
Jun 1, 1998 3:54 pm
1699
... be ... with ... (snip) ... Well, Mike you're right of course. Religious institutions have played a large role in our history, both bad and good. On the...
Sigurður GÃsl...
helsi@...
Jun 1, 1998 3:55 pm
1700
... I have a piece on it at: http://www.gentech.com/~employee/david/skeptic/upc.htm *************** Regards, Dave Palmer <dpalmer@...>...
Dave Palmer
dpalmer@...
Jun 1, 1998 3:56 pm
1701
... That's what Donald always says when this tread resurfaces. I almost preemptively-reposted his last response, but Donald beat me to it. :-) However,...
Michael D. Sofka
sofkam@...
Jun 1, 1998 4:02 pm
1702
To some extent, the decision of Ga Skeptics to continue to exclude personally held religious beliefs from its scope is a matter of personal preference. Many...
Rebecca Long
arlong@...
Jun 1, 1998 4:21 pm
1703
... I am not sure of the gist of this thread. However, a couple of weaks ago I was at a pharmacy looking for allergy medicine and my eye caught a cold and flu...
Lawrence B. Crowell
lcrowell@...
Jun 1, 1998 4:23 pm
1704
... A slow transition for some of the role of religion is already in effect in the US. While churches do run homeless shelters and organize house building...
Michael D. Sofka
sofkam@...
Jun 1, 1998 4:25 pm
1705
... Can't be -- if the subject is "scientists meddling with things we should leave alone", I would argue that the work is then, by necessity, science fiction...
James H.G. Redekop
tzoq@...
Jun 1, 1998 5:00 pm
1706
... I used to have a Born Again friend who was absolutely obsessed with saving me from Hell. Nothing I could do succeeded in making him let up in his...
Rebecca Long
arlong@...
Jun 1, 1998 5:05 pm
1707
... Rapidly drifting from topic, but not all critics would call the earliest works ``science fiction.'' Clearly, they are proto-science fiction, but genre SF...
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