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- From: asiivo@cs.joensuu.fi (Antti Siivonen)
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- Subject: Re: 2nd law not taught in the ex - Eastern block?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.114704.6663@cs.joensuu.fi>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 11:47:04 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.023245.11738@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>
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- ecmtwhk@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Thomas Koenig) writes:
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- >I recently heard from a friend that some universities in what used to be
- >the Eastern block did not teach the second law of thermodynamics to
- >their students, because that was seen to collide with Marxist philosophy
- >that the world was going to perfection, and was therefore politically
- >incorrect to the highest degree. He also mentioned that Goedel's theorem
- >was taught to be fallacious, for the same reason. Is this true?
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- I suppose it isn't true. I'm myself from Leningrad. I don't have
- noticed it.
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- Andreas - Siperian Sirri Siberian Stint
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- No ITU, love, evolution. Tuusniemi ! Siis imein suut !
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