Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00795)

Both items are laughable!Especially the thinking behind.
And that for a rainy day!
Cum laude.
Christina







--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> wrote:
> A decade or so from now, a worker who accidentally will wander into 
a 
> time travel experiment will go back into the past, to the days of 
the 
> Roman Republic. Once he learns Latin, he will try to explain the 
> technology of the 21st Century, but being the product of typical 
> American schools, will not be able to physically reproduce more 
than a 
> few simple items. But he will impress the populace sufficiently 
that his 
> words will be written down, and eventually become official 
doctrine. 
> Let's go forward a bit, when Thomas Edison (or any reasonable 
> equivalent) invents the practical electric light bulb. The Bureau 
of 
> Technology sends a representative to examine whether or not this 
> invention is valid.
> 
> Edison: Look! It lights up the room, and can go for days and days 
> without burning out!
> 
> Representative: I'm afraid, sir, that while that's an interesting 
> diversion, it cannot be accepted as an electric lightbulb.
> 
> E: Why not?
> 
> R: Well, first of all, note that in the Book Of The Future, it 
states 
> that the electric light will be a form of continuous fire in a 
globe. 
> Now, as you well know, we have discovered, as the Book Of The 
Future 
> predicted, that fire is a result of a rapid combination of 
materials 
> with oxygen.
> 
> E: So, what's your point?
> 
> R: My POINT, you heretic, is that your so-called "lightbulb" has a 
globe 
> with a VACUUM inside!!!! There CANNOT be a fire in a VACUUM. So 
that 
> CANNOT be an electric lightbulb!
> 
> E: But, note that we have discovered the reason that fire gives off 
> light is by heating up the molecules of the material so rapidly, 
that 
> they give off their excess energy in the form of light. My 
lightbulb is 
> doing that.
> 
> R: It does not matter. The Book Of The Future SAYS "fire", and 
therefore 
> it must BE "fire". Besides, even if there WAS a fire in the globe, 
there 
> are more problems!
> 
> E: MORE problems?
> 
> R: Of course there are more problems. I see that you are using 
metal 
> strings to bring the electricity to the lightbulb.
> 
> E: You mean the wires. And that's a problem?
> 
> R: Very much so, I'm afraid. After all, the Book Of The Future said 
that 
> wires would be used to bring the electricity to the lightbulb. And 
those 
> are NOT wires.
> 
> E: NOT wires? Why not?
> 
> R: You should read the Official Books more often. For does it not 
say, 
> in Electricity IV:3-4, "And, like, thou knowest, electricity doth 
flow 
> through wires the way water doth flow through pipes. Yea, verily, 
that 
> is it, it is like water through pipes."
> 
> E: And the problem with that?
> 
> R: Everybody KNOWS that pipes are HOLLOW inside. Those so-
called "wires" 
> you are using are SOLID. They cannot possibly be carrying the 
electricity.
> 
> E: But sir! They ARE like pipes. The INSULATION is the outside of 
the 
> pipe, while the metal is like the air!
> 
> R: Ah, you fall victim to the Franklin Fallacy. For, whatever is 
being 
> carried through what you are calling "wires" will flow through 
WITHOUT 
> insulation. You take the outside out of the pipes, and the water 
will 
> flow all over the place! Those are NOT wires!
> 
> E: But…but…but…
> 
> R: I'm sorry. Invention denied. Better luck next time, and do try 
to 
> read up on the Book Of The Future.