Re: Morons

[ornstn@inforamp.net (Ronald Orenstein)]

>Much as I enjoy the vast majority of your postings, Ron, I feel I must take
>exception on this occasion.  Hoyle is without doubt a bright man, and his
>own field will be grateful to him for a long time to come for his pioneering
>work on the organic chemistry of gas nebulae.

I stand chastened - you are quite right.  I still think Hoyle writes pretty
good sf, though, which was really the point I was trying to make.

>As for being known as a suscriber to the 'steady state' theory of universe
>evolution, he is not the only one, and that branch of physics is a very long
>way from being so secure that alternatives can be dismissed out of hand.

Said Ryle to Hoyle
[I forget this line]
The world began with a bang.
Said Hoyle to Ryle
Well, boil my bile,
Your theory doesn't hang.

>And as for 'proof' (which someone has used a few times lately), it is a word
>that makes me feel very uncomfortable, as I am neither a priest or a
politician.

Now, here I plead not guilty.  I can't recall demanding "proof" as opposed
to supporting evidence here (if I ever did it was a severe mental lapse).
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