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03-29-2005, 06:13 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol
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JD wrote: "Yes - but then again. A lot of what is being argued here is not proveable - nor is it even supported historically - such as genesis. Just because there are geneaologies - doesn't make it true."
Yes. And lots of what is reported about Einstein is partaking of the same problems. It is reliability. Some of the stories about Einstein may be of such poor fit to what is known that they are described as apocryphal or legend in the common language usage of those terms. Some seem more apropos. It is in the assessment of the relliability of the data that we come to the personal encounter. If the reliability is high, then we must assess the claims made per the report. If the reliability is poor, we say we do not accept the account of the incident and therefor not the claims.
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