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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Krishnas, Vedas, and all that (was: TM debunking needed)
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 11:26:49 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- Message-ID: <1jra1pINN16a@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <1993Jan20.041222.28142@netcom.com>,<TBiqXB3w165w@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us>
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- In article <TBiqXB3w165w@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us>, system@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us (Kalki Dasa) writes:
- >What he said was that the astronauts never went to the moon, and his
- >reason was that the moon is impossible to reach by mankind's present
- >technology, not that it is impossible to reach by space flight.
-
- Apparently a case of projection: Since your typical Krishna couldn't hope to
- understand the technology, the technology *MUST* be beyond the capability of
- anybody, and therefore spaceflight is impossible for the time being.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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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). 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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