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Old November 12th 08, 04:17 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
John Smith John Smith is offline
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J. B. Wood wrote:
... Along with that recommendation

goes a quote from the late Carl Sagan: "Extraordinary claims require
extraordinary proof." Sincerely, and 73s from N4GGO,

John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail:
Naval Research Laboratory
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Washington, DC 20375-5337


I would like to add:

Gaining the "extraordinary proof[s]" to validate "extraordinary claims"
requires the extraordinary ****ing-off of personalities who are deeply
rooted in common knowledge/theory/equations/accepted-beliefs/etc. -- JS

But then, a "tempest in a teapot" would, quite likely, result in the
same action(s.) Ya' never know, ya' just never know ...

Regards,
JS