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Entry: Fads, Tradition, and Real Knowledge Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/fads_tradition_and_real_knowledge#24367 Post contents: There you have it, folks! The Sun revolves around the Earth (Ptolomy and Mr. Roach), melanin in the skin is destiny (ol' Al Rosenberg and Mr. Roach), Astrology is really cool (ol' Dolf), the head is just a tower to cool the blood (Aristotle), women have more teeth than men (Aristotle), Elk in the Black Forest when they fall over can't get back up again (J. Caesar), rubbing a rabbit's foot will bring good luck, the value of a product is based on how much labor goes into it (Rodbertus and his understudy ol' Karl), water runs up hill because "up" and "down" are relative concepts (the Sophists and Roachian thinking), the Earth is flat, unicorns abound, there's a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, Bigfoot is alive and well and living in Schmittville Missouri, space aliens abducted Elvis, and if you step on a crack you'll break your mother's back. I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto! Sent at: 2008 07 24