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- From: shaman@cix.compulink.co.uk (Leo Smith)
- Subject: Re: MINDWALK - An exercise in Passionate Thought
- Reply-To: shaman@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 10:24:00 +0000
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- In-Reply-To: <1992Dec21.172430.14371@guinness.idbsu.edu> holmes@opal.idbsu.edu (Randall Holmes)
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- >The bootstrap hypothesis is dead; there are elementary particles.
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- And the Earth Goes Round the Sun. (or is it that they all go round
- the centre of gravity of the Universe, or is it that they follow a
- straight line in a curved space time continuum - ah I just
- remembered, due to a unified field renormalisation theory in fact
- nothing goes round anything, as we have performed a Fourier transform
- on the whole lot and everything is merely vibrating at its natural
- frequency. Silly me!)
-
- Randall, How can you assert that a model is reality?
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- There are not elementary particles. There IS a model which accords
- well with observation of some obscure and arcane aspects of atomic
- physics that features concepts that are given the name 'elementary
- particles'. But their existence is not of the same order as you or I
- or the world we live in.
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- And I alwways took you for an educated man. Tsk Tsk.
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- >Chaos has little to do with the other topics.
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- Possibly not. No need to be so shirty about it. I know how family
- christmasses can get you down though :-)
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