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To: The Philosopher who wrote (38005)	5/11/1999 1:28:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 108807

Locally, yes! :-)

To: The Philosopher who wrote (38005)	5/11/1999 1:40:00 PM
From: nihil	Respond to of 108807

True for you. Not me.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (38005)	5/11/1999 3:04:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Of course it's true. By definition. If I define Earth as fungal mass then it is a fungal mass -- by definition. These are truisms. There is no informational content in definition. A definition means that the left side of the equation is equivalent (not equal!) to the right side. Don't use semantics to confuse the issue. TTFN, CTC

To: The Philosopher who wrote (38005)	5/11/1999 3:05:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Reminds me of a joke Abraham Lincoln used to tell. "Say a dog has six legs. And say we take away two. How many are left? Why, two, of course, because it doesn't matter what you say, a dog has four legs." But that doesn't answer your question. Your question is, "Suppose we say that our Earth, the third planet from the sun in our solar system, this oblate spheroid hurtling through space at approximately 18.5 miles per second, is flat. What then?" I would say, it doesn't matter what you say, the earth is round. Well, oblately spherical, to be precise.