Re: Flat Earthism

In article <jgmc08$atk$3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Paul J Gans <gansno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

PS: I had a lot of trouble with handedness, clockwise, etc. when
I was in high school. I even had an argument with my physics teacher
about it. He insisted on using the terms "clockwise" or "counterclockwise"
and I objected by asking "is that as seen from above or below".

You should have told him to speak English, "deisal" or "widdershins",
not those fancy French imports.

See also "Uncleftish Beholdings"

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It is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant
and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting. -- H. L. Mencken

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