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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
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Keep it up and I'm telling mom!
Credibility
The discussion of creditability reminds me of an an old parable.
"'A certain Greenland Eskimo,' said Lomen, 'was taken on one of the American North Polar expeditions a number of years ago. Later, as a reward for faithful service, he was brought to New York City for a short visit. At all the miracles of sight and sound he was filled with a most amazed wonder. When he returned to his native village he told stories of buildings that rose into the very face of the sky; of street cars, which he described as houses that moved along the trail, with people living in them as they moved; of mammoth bridges, artificial lights, and all the other dazzling concomitants of the metropolis.
"'His people looked at him coldly and walked away. And forthwith throughout the whole village he was dubbed "Sagdluk," meaning "the Liar,"
When Einstein postulated his theory of Relativity it was shot down. It took nearly 2 decades for it to be accepted.
Later on Einstein was quoted as saying "God does not play dice with the Universe" with regards to Quantum Physics.
The point is what is "Creditable" and what can really happen are not one in the same. For me Creditability is not so much scientific but more the creative ability to have the audience suspend their belief in order for the author to tell his story.
One final comment
If you read modern science it reads more and more like science fiction. Man has proven that particles can travel faster than light, matter can be created (this has only been proven mathematically), and matter can occupy two spaces at once.
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