--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > Let me give an example of 'phenomena that had been > investigated for > > centuries' to no avail, until after the proper > equipment was invented > > and the phenomenon was explained scientifically: > blood circulation. > > Bad example. While the exact mechanism was not > known, lots of things > about blood and the circulatory system were known > and examined. You need > to find an example where, despite a great deal of > study, NOTHING AT ALL > WAS KNOWN OR MEASURED ABOUT THE PHENOMENON.
<grin> Then we have rather different ideas of 'what is known'... Hmm, what about astronomy? Centuries of looking at the skies, yet quasars/pulsars weren't discovered until the 60's (again, because of the development of the detecting technology). Understanding what novae/supernovae were also required the proper equipment (and theories and reasoning of course), despite their documentation throughout recorded history. http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/camphy/pulsars/pulsars1_1.htm Debbi who still remembers the little jingle that went with "Qua-sar..." -- I think it was a television brand? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
