Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: aeo6 (aeo6_at_cornell.edu)
Date: 03/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:06:08 -0500

robert j. kolker said:
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> Lester Zick wrote:
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> > Did they make the trains run on time too, Bob?
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> If there had been trains back then, they would have. Did you know that
> if the Romans had electricity they would have electrocuted Jesus and not
> crucified him. Catholics would be going around with little electric
> chairs hanging about their necks.
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> Bob Kolker
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By the way, the spacing of train tracks actually goes all the way back
to standard spacing of cart wheels in the Roman empire, so that the
wheels would follow the same ruts in the road and not wreck their axles
with unnecessary shock. The cart makers became the train makers, but i
don't think the carts had such rigid schedules. 

-- 
Smiles,
Tony

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