"BUT RATHER THAN SWITCHING THE NAMES"
That pretty much says it right there.
I think most folks are living lives that are based on non-facts
(as determined by current knowledge and logic) and it is due largely to
the very attitude that is suggested here.
It is too inconvenient to move from ignorance to enlightenment,
even concerning the simplest of things.
Personally,I chose to help propagate the facts of today and the
potential facts of tomorrow rather than propagate the ignorance of
yesterday: We already have enough of that.
David
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John Berry wrote:
>
> Oh dear, We're not going to have this discussion again are we? I already
> have a headache!
>
<snip>
> And no the problem was not started by three professors, they got it right,
> the problem started because before anyone knew too much about how magnets
> worked they named the pole which turned north the north seeking pole,
> however the seeking part was left off (slackness) and it became known as the
> north pole of a magnet, but logic says that if we know opposites attract and
> what we call the north pole of a magnet points to north geographic pole then
> one of those norths is really a south, *BUT RATHER THAN SWITCHING THE NAMES*
> we call the poles of a magnet they called the north (geographic) pole of the
> earth the south pole of a magnet. (which is no problem as we just put
> "geographic" in when we are not talking about magnets)
>
> John Berry
>
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