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- From: kosowsky@phoneme.harvard.edu (Jeffrey J. Kosowsky)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Bozos Synonymous
- Message-ID: <KOSOWSKY.92Nov13133102@phoneme.harvard.edu>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 18:31:02 GMT
- Article-I.D.: phoneme.KOSOWSKY.92Nov13133102
- References: <1992Nov6.194922.15@pro-palmtree.socal.com>
- <1992Nov13.121426.13419@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
- Sender: usenet@das.harvard.edu (Network News)
- Organization: Harvard Robotics Lab, Harvard University
- Lines: 34
- In-Reply-To: cath@dyrham.inmos.co.uk's message of Fri, 13 Nov 92 12:14:25 GMT
-
- In article <1992Nov13.121426.13419@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> cath@dyrham.inmos.co.uk (Catherine Barnaby) writes:
- > Crop circles are not new, they have been noted way back, but
- > are only "trendy" recently. They are also a lot more common
- > than they used to be. There is a physicist who has done a lot
- > of work on them, and believes them to be due to the effects of
- > wind. There are lots of people who wander round with dousing
- > rods twitching, and others who feel the energies and colours
- > (not sure of the collective here). There are also a
- > number of people who go round faking them, and farmers who
- > make quite a bit of money charging #1 a person to go into
- > their field if it has one.
- >
-
- Talking about making money from "crop circles"...
- Here at Harvard, I have seen numerous posters plastered on bulletin
- boards throughout the campus advertising the following:
-
- Crop Circle
- Lecture / Slide Show
- with George Wingfield
- Director, Field Research
- Center for Crop Circle Studies, Somerset England
-
- The event is *not* being held on camput but rather at a local church.
- Furthermore, they are *charging* 10 dollars a ticket!
-
- Who is this most Bozo of Bozos who can command 10 dollars for the
- chance to hear him drivel psycho-pseudo-science. Also what is this
- so-called "Center for Crop Circle Studies?"
- Do they have any openings for post-docs or for junior faculty tenure
- track positions? :.)
-
-
- Jeff Kosowsky
-