New York Daily News

Edge of knowledge

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Howard Beach: Everyone believes the sun rises and sets. It does not. The Earth rotates and revolves around the sun. This creates an effect that we misperceiv­e as rising and setting; much the way our ancient ancestors saw ships sail away in the distance and disappear. They assumed the ships fell off Earth’s edge! How many much more dangerous delusions do we hold as true? Objectivit­y and

understand­ing bring truth. Some people call this science.

Ernest Kienzle

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