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Thread #73702   Message #1280873
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
25-Sep-04 - 02:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Boring science stuff we all believe...
Subject: RE: BS: Boring science stuff we all believe...
A number of things cited above cry out for quibbles:

"Fresh water freezes into a solid (called ice) if you lower the temperature to 0 degrees Celsius or below."

At sea level.

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"A circle has 360 degrees. It's round. All points on its circumference are equidistant from its center, which can be described as an infinitely small point."

The number of degrees is not really scientific fact. A degree is an arbitrary concept dreamed up to help in understanding observed geometric facts, but it is artificial.   The no-dimension center, while helpful, is an abstract concept.

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"A square is a 4-sided figure, all of its sides being of equal dimension."

This is merely a definition, better stated as "A 4-sided rectangular figure, all of its sides being of equal dimension, is called a square.

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"A nut is something soft and tasty, inside a hard shell."

I thought that was called a lobster.

Dave Oesterreich