That reminds me of a short story by Theodore Sturgeon where the protagonist made the strongest material ever known, made out of - nothing.
He figured this out logically by experimenting with paper that came in perforated sheets, like toilet paper or paper towels. He would put the paper on a flat surface and then put both hands flat down on it with one hand on each side of a perforation. Then he would separate his hands slowly and watch how the paper tore. It always tore somewhere other than at the perforations. He reasoned that, since the perforations which were nothing but holes were stronger than the rest of the paper, "nothing" was stronger than "something". Once he had discovered this secret, it didn't take him long to develop the strongest "material" on earth - made out of nothing... (Of course, manufacturers are more adept at hiding this secret since material precessing has improved so much over the last 30 years. It is not likely to be rediscovered in our lifetime...) Re: CS>whatthebleep? From: Ode Coyote wrote: Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 08:01:47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What if science is but a matter of consensual belief and the very "laws" of physics, not laws at all? The problem I have with organized religion is that it tries to limit beliefs into it's own authoritive control pattern the same way that science, new agers and politics does. The right and left wings of every bird do the same things the same way to limit the birds altitude and control its flight within a cage. When all parties break out of the box...strange things will happen. [as a daily routine...just as they do now, unnoticed.] Miracles 'ARE'. Noticing them occurs when you stop telling them what they should look like. Perception and prejudice have the same flavor. [Sometimes, every once in a while, they 'do' look like what you think they should look like.] Ode -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
