16 May
2001
16 May
'01
4:03 p.m.
In message 47A0C878.2F6F0839.4BF51BCE@netscape.net, jacquispeel@netscape.net writes
In one of the Sherlock Holmes stories didn't he say to the effect that it did not matter to him whether the Earth went round the sun or the moon?
Yes, although unfortunately my books are still in various boxes, so I can't check which one. It was information that was of no relevance to him, as it had no bearing on his work.
Now if we *really* want to get nit-picking, we could start on relativity, leading to the thread about B7 being set in a non- relativistic universe...
--
Julia Jones "Science is not about building a body of known
'facts'. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a
reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us
feel good." - The Science of Discworld