Re: [Phys-l] Keen Grasp of the Obvious - Is it Controversial?

[Robert Carlson <rcarlson@physicstoolkit.com>]

Yes, you are right.  I have stretched some definitions and I apologize for this.


--- On Wed, 3/11/09, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:

> From: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>
> Subject: [Phys-l] Keen Grasp of the Obvious - Is it Controversial?
> To: "Forum for Physics Educators" <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 2:17 PM
> On 03/11/2009 08:34 AM, Robert Carlson wrote:
> > So, can we agree that coal and oil are biofuels?
>
> *) A titmouse is not a mouse.
>
> *) Chocolate turtles are not made from turtles.
>
> *) Milk of Magnesia is not made from milk.
>
> *) The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor
> an empire.
>
> *) Coal and petroleum are not biofuels.
>
> *) You can look up the meaning of words in a dictionary.
>
> *) Repeatedly misdefining well-known terms and bringing up
> irrelevant
>  distractions is not a good way to win an argument.
>
> *) Elvis is dead.
>
>
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