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From: mreddy@glamorgan.ac.uk (Mike Reddy)
Subject: Scientific Impossibilities (was Conscious Robots NOT!)
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In article <38122o$e3m@crl8.crl.com>, azi@crl.com (Bill Pappas) wrote:

> Does anyone know of a single example of a successful impossibility
> forecast in science or technology?

How about "It is impossible to find anything that is impossible!" in honour
of
Betrand Russel, Raymond Smullian, Douglas Hofstaeder, Goedel....

Yours Mike Reddy
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