Re: How did we get that way?

Steve Clark (ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:10:02 -0500

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Bill Hamilton writes regarding the 2nd law of themodynamics:
>This tendency to substitute rhetoric for proper definitions is to some
>exent unavoidable for those not in the mainstream of research on a
>particular topic. But when the laypeople criticize scientists involved in
>the mainstream of research for not accepting their watered down definitions
>and the reasoning based on them, it would be laughable if it weren't my
>Christian brothers who were being made fools of.

Ah! Sometimes the Priesthood has legitimate complaint regarding the
scientific exegesis of the proletariat!

Steve
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