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An immortal gem by Daryl McCullough (28-May-2004)

A little parable
Androcles says...

>So why don't you learn (special) relativity instead of making up your own?

Let me give a little parable: There is a certain person, call him
"A" who is trying out a new car---a fancy sportscar. He gets in,
and immediately kills the engine. He gets in again, and kills the
engine again. Finally, after getting it to sputter into motion,
he puts it in reverse, and there is a terrible grinding sound. His
conclusion: "This car is completely worthless."

A second person, let's call him "D", says, "No, you just have to
know how to drive one of these babies." He gets in, starts it up,
smoothly accelerates from 0 to 100 km/hr, takes a few spins around
the block, and then gets out and hands the keys back to "A".

"A" says: No, no, you idiot! You aren't driving it correctly!
If you had done it right, you would have found out what a worthless
car this really is.

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Daryl McCullough
Ithaca, NY
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