Comet Curiosity

Paul Arveson (arveson@oasys.dt.navy.mil)
Tue, 26 Mar 96 19:21:39 EST

My wife was at a church-sponsored retreat last weekend, when the comet
Hyakutake was closest. The sky was clear, and everyone had heard that it would
be visible. (Indeed it was -- I could even see it in a well-lit parking lot
near DC).

She made an interesting observation. Some people rushed outside and spent a
long time looking at it. Some people glanced at it, and then went back inside
quickly. Some people didn't even care to go outside.

These were all mature Christian women from the same church. With totally
different reactions to a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon of nature. What do you
sociologists make of this?

What if Moses had not turned aside to examine the wonder of the burning
bush?

Paul Arveson, Research Physicist
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