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RE: speed of light
And here I thought that the "Angles" had all disappeared after succesfully
invading England about 1300 years ago. Well I guess it is good to know that
they are still alive and dancing no matter what their density on the dance
floor. :-)
>From: "Strickert, Rick" <rstrickert@signaturescience.com>
>Reply-To: "Strickert, Rick" <rstrickert@signaturescience.com>
>To: "radsafe" <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
>Subject: RE: speed of light
>Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 14:19:50 -0600
>
>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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