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Re: speed of light
There are six angles in a hexagon, but they don't dance.
----- Original Message -----
From: Strickert, Rick <rstrickert@signaturescience.com>
To: radsafe <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 12:19 PM
Subject: RE: speed of light
> Referring to a question posed by ThomasAquinas (Summa Theologiae, vol.
> 52, no. 3, 1266), John Jacobus asked:
>
> > And what does this have to do with the number of angles
> > that can dance on the head of a pin?
>
> According to Dr. Phil Schewe the answer is 10^25.
> (http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/scienceqa/archive/971111.html)
> ,
>
> However that number has been disputed by Andars Sandberg in his paper,
> "Quantum Gravity Treatment of the Angel Density Problem" (Annals of
> Improbable Research, Vol. 7-3, June 22, 2001)
> (http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume7/v7i3/angels-7-3.htm)
> Sandberg sets the maximum number, which depends on angelic density, at
> 8.7 x 10^50.
>
> Others have simply stated, "All of them."
>
> Rick Strickert
>
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