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Posted by George Hester on 10/09/05 20:41
"Hammerer" <hammerer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d1d2f.33534$K91.13010@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
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> > Why not can't there be a great Alchemist?
> >
> That's fighting talk, that is, George. Now the onus is on YOU to tell us
the
> names of some great Alchemists. You know - the one who found the
> Philosopher's Stone; the one who discovered how to be immortal; the one
who
> created a genuine 'perpetual motion' machine; and the one who could
perform
> cheap, and practical, elemental transubstantiation. And your time starts
> NOW!
> >
> > Nostradamus was an Alchemist and some consider he was great.
> >
> But not for his Alchemical skills, George.
> >
> > Just because they couldn't really turn lead into Gold means nothing.
> >
> Yes it does, George. It means that they were talking a bunch of
implausible
> shite.
> >
> > Albert Einstein thought there was a Unversal constant that he
> > spent better on 15 years trying to manipulate. He was great
> > also in spite of his little dumb quest.
> >
> But George - there probably *is* a Universal Constant, which many
> authorities (such as Hawking) are convinced will be discovered shortly. He
> simply didn't have the facilities, or computers, to find it. And it's
> important to note that he thought Alchemy was mumbo-jumbo.
>
> PS
> Many people forget that Isaac Newton wasted a decade of his life dabbling
in
> Alchemy. He was - rightly - embarrassed over that himself.
>
>
Newton spent the rest of his life pursuing life after death. Dumb.
No I cannot take you up on your "fight." I give up before we start.
As for Hawkings believing in a Universal Constant. I doubt that will
happen. Maybe but I guess what you would need is a Theory which proves it
cannot exist. Sort of like Cohen's little proof. That is more likely.
--
George Hester
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