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Arthur Siegel ajs at ix.netcom.com
Sat Nov 17 19:21:21 EST 2001 
>I understand what you mean.  With me, the fact is I know little about
>Newton's theories.  But I do seem to have a consistent distaste for
>projects aimed at understanding astronomy which justify themselves as
>being based on those theories.  Knowing tha the earth is flat was good
>enough for our ancestors and by damn, it's good enough for us.

Should be admire and accede to the ideas of alchemists who can authentically
claim to be carrying forward on the work and ideas of Newton in that
subject area.

Should we stop at Newton - even where it is provable his was correct
only within a limited realm.

Can one be the finest of parents and educators, relying on heart and
intuition
and knowing nothing of Piaget.

Your response is particularly obnoxious - because:
a)  I volunteer that I am uneducated  on Piaget - and you take advantage of
my candor.  I expect I will remain uneducated about him. One needs to
set one's priorities.

b) My link was to someone who has studied and admires Piaget -  but not
dogmatically, and he points to studies which contradict some of Piaget's
basic findings in areas relevant to my interests and consistent  - at least
in
my interpretation - of my intuition on these matters.

Did you look at the link before you shot back with your cheap shot.

Is there something in your position beyond intellectual snobbery?

Art
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