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Einstein asked, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what is an empty desk a sign of?”
Note: This story was originally printed with the title, "Tabula Non Rasa".
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Add CommentMy desk layers had built to such levels that metamorphis took place . I could no longer distinguish differences between bills , requests for political contributions, scientific journals and napkins. I haven't yet detected any lasting effects due to the loss of information.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisTherefor I have resolved to leave well enough alone and keep adding layers.
Found your article by cleaning up my own pile of unread magazines. Poetic.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThis article states in part: "Perhaps the highlight of the entire dig was the discovery of a fabulous pamphlet entitled “Have Scientists Been Wrong for 400 Years?” published by the Kansas-based Geocentric Bible Foundation, Inc., a group firmly convinced that the earth is stationary and at the center of the universe. “Ever since the scientific community adopted heliocentrism as fact,” the brochure notes, “attempts have been made to prove it. Some of these attempts should have worked. Remarkably, not only has NOT ONE of these attempts produced the proof, but also the results of all of them are consistent with the hypothesis that the earth is at rest.” (Capitalization, italics, boldface print and lunacy all found in original.)
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisFine, but now for the rest of the story (or "dig"). For those scientists (and others) who are open minded enough to question (at least privately so they won't lose their jobs) the status quo of scientism which has dogmaticallyl set down for us heliocentrism, big bang (baloney), dark matter, time warps, etc. please set your knee jerk prejudices and mockery aside and visit www.galileowaswrong.com.
James B. Phillips