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In a message dated 5/24/05 4:16:59 AM, hhowen@comcast.net writes:<BR>
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Harrison,<BR>
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The above is a succinct statement of the usual great difficulty of introducing a new paradigm. This was spoken to by Tolstoy rather well. I've also included a quote from Daniel Boorstin from his book "The Discoverers" which relates to the 'why'.<BR>
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Paul<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Grande" LANG="0" SIZE="2">I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.”<BR>
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Russian philosopher<BR>
Author: War and Peace 1866</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Grande" LANG="0" SIZE="2"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Grande" LANG="0" SIZE="2">“The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents and the ocean was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.”<BR>
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