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. Logical positivism was based on the physical science
of the nineteenth century which, physicists of that century honestly believed,
fully explained the universe as a piece of clockwork.
"The physicists of the twentieth century made short work of that idea.
Quantum mechanics and Schrodringer's cat tossed out the clockwork world of 1890
and replaced it with a fog of probability in which anything could happen. Of
course the intellectual class did not notice this for many decades, as an
intellectual is a highly educated man who can't do arithmetic with his shoes on,
and is proud of his lack. Nevertheless, with the death of positivism, Godism and
Creationism came back stronger than ever.
"In the late twentieth century -correct me when I' m wrong, Hilda-Hilda and
her family were driven off Earth by a devil, one they dubbed 'the Beast.' They
fled in a vehicle you have met. Gay Deceiver, and in their search for safety
they visited many dimensions, many universes... and Hilda made the greatest
philosophical discovery of all time."
"I'll bet you say that to all the girls!"
"Quiet, dear. They visited, among more mundane places, the Land of Oz-"
I sat up with a jerk. Not too much sleep last night and Dr. Harshaw's
lecture was sleep-inducing. "Did you say 'Oz'?"
"I tell you three times. Oz, Oz, Oz. They did indeed visit the fairyland
dreamed up by L
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