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Re: These guard dogs (Re: Evidence for "Big Bang Theory")
Carl J Lydick (carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU)
6 May 1995 01:39:25 GMT
In article <3odhgs$qs@lll-winken.llnl.gov>, lawson@ludwig.llnl.gov (William S. Lawson) writes:
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=In article <D82JIJ.5En@crash.cts.com>, roosen@crash.cts.com (Robert Roosen) writes:
=|> Carl J Lydick (carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU) wrote:
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=|> : Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
=|> : understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below).
=|>
=|> My understanding of astronomy, anthropology and astrology is at
=|> the professional level or above.
=|> If you are the amateur you claim to be, then you are parroting
=|> the opinions of others, not thinking for yourself.
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=|> VAX--isn't that one of those outdated technologies?
=|> Am I detecting a pattern here :-)
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=No, but we are. Truth is impervious to authority. Many an amateur understands
=things better than self-proclaimed professionals. Contrary to popular opinion,
=science is an anti-authoritarian discipline. It is not the informed heretic
=who is burned at the stake, but the groundless proclaimers.
And, by the way, my disclaimer is intended to emphasize the fact that I may be
unaware of recent developments in astronomy. Despite Roosen's moronic
interpretation of it, that doesn't mean that I don't know anything about
astronomy; it's just that, unlike Roosen, I won't claim that having taken a
few courses in the subject over a decade ago, and having read more recent
papers in the subject since then, makes me an expert.
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Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
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