Re: Levitation without Diamagnetics

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 12:22 6/29/00 -0700, Bill B wrote:
> .... two people came
>   up to Professor Ellison afterwards. One was an old lady, the other a
>   professor of physics.
>
>   The old lady said, 'Do you know, Professor, when the bowl of flowers
>   lifted I saw a grey substance between the bowl and the table and
>   between the legs of the table and the floor.'
>
>   The professor of physics snorted derisively. 'I don't know what all
>   the fuss was about, nothing moved at all!'
>  ....the old lady saw a grey substance, but there was
>   no grey substance; the professor saw nothing move, when something did
>   move. The vision of both lady and professor was completely faulty.
>
>
> ((((((((((((((((((((( ( (  (   (    (O)    )   )  ) ) )))))))))))))))))))))
> William J. Beaty

Did I mention the traffic incident staged by some amici curiae
during a juridical retreat?
  The collective judiciary  witnessed a traffic accident.
 Cars crashed, a passer-by was hauled off in an ambulance.

On returning to the seminar, the judges were asked to provide
a written account of what they saw.

 You can guess the punch line, I'm sure: enough to say -
distrust the eyewitness account.

(This story is so resonant, it could easily be an
urban legend though....)


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK