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July 9th 03, 08:19 PM
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"Russell Kent" wrote in message ... How can someone who asserts he's been on USENET for more than a decade not know this? Beats me. "The two most common things in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity." (Apologies; I forget whom I'm quoting. --Russell Kent) Einstein (supposedly). Actually, the more accepted version of the quote is: Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. 
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July 9th 03, 09:25 PM
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"Russell Kent" wrote in message ...
How can someone who asserts he's been on USENET for more than a decade not know this? Beats me. "The two most common things in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity." (Apologies; I forget whom I'm quoting. --Russell Kent) Ron Natalie wrote: Einstein (supposedly). Actually, the more accepted version of the quote is: Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. Hmmm. A quick Google seems to indicate that I'm quoting Harlan Ellison. It appears that his phrase may have been inspired by Einstein's. Russell Kent
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July 9th 03, 10:09 PM
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"Russell Kent" wrote in message ... Hmmm. A quick Google seems to indicate that I'm quoting Harlan Ellison. It appears that his phrase may have been inspired by Einstein's. Wouldn't surprise me. Ellison's not big on original thought.
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July 9th 03, 11:04 PM
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"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
m... "The two most common things in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity." (Apologies; I forget whom I'm quoting. --Russell Kent) Einstein (supposedly). Actually, the more accepted version of the quote is: Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. I've only ever seen that quote with the additional phrase: "and I'm not so sure about the universe". While the two quotes are similar, and I suppose Ellison's might have been inspired by Einstein's, they are hardly semantically equivalent. I wouldn't call the two quotes the same, or even different versions of the same quote. Pete
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