OFF: SETI, ETs
Jon Browne
jon at COMICS.DEMON.CO.UK
Thu Jul 11 12:52:58 EDT 1996
In message <E0ueHJi-00043T-00 at taurus.cus.cam.ac.uk>, "Carl E. Anderson"
<cea20 at CUS.CAM.AC.UK> writes
> Gravity is probably only a "Law" because no one understands how
>it works :) "Er, masses attract." "Why?" "Er, well, they just sort of
>*do* .... " :)
>
>Cheers,
>Carl
In other words, its a law because you can *prove* it works. Whether a
person understands how is secondary to the fact that it's demonstrably
<sp> true.
Unlike time travel, etc.
--
Jon Browne
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