In a message dated 9/8/98 9:31:03 AM EST, [log in to unmask]
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<< any research done in those times, was more narrow minded,
 based on what a ruler wanted, not very independent thinking in those days.

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Seems as if you are speaking out of both sides of the mouth----what is the
difference between these rulers effect on the thinking and study and those of
the funders of today? As to the impossibility of scientific inquiry in the
distant past----the basic ideas and observations in many areas remain
amazingly accurate and precise in many areas of study.