Dear John and Jack, Reading about the benefits of Daylight Saving Time always reminds me of Betrand Russell's remark:
If you make a single false assumption you can prove anything. Daylight Saving Time is just a legislative trick to get people out of bed an hour early by telling lies about the time. By telling these lies you can make all kinds of dubious claims but suppose, for a moment, that we accept all these claims... Let us accept that there are huge economic, social and conservation benefits from getting up an hour earlier. In which case why aren't people doing this of their own accord? There is no need to tell lies about the time! Frank King Cambridge, U.K. P.S. Russell was once challenged at a talk... OK, suppose you accept the false assumption that 1+1 = 3, can you prove that you are the Pope? Certainly said Russell. You subtract one from both sides to give 1 = 2. Now the Pope and I are two people so this means that the Pope and I are one person and, therefore, I am the Pope. --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
