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To: SunkenCiv
In 11th-century Egypt, Aristotle's ancient thought that visible objects and our own eyes emit rays of light to enable our vision still held...

... as it does to this day, insofar as we accept uncritically the plausibility of Superman's X-ray vision, which works on the same principle.

10 posted on 01/07/2011 9:42:22 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew
Dear Dr,
I am sure that Superman, role model to the Christian Youth of America, only used his X-Ray Vision Feature when absolutely necessary and only against the Forces of Evil.

I hope your interest in X-Ray Vision, Superman, and Aristotle has no prurient aspects. May I recommend St. Thomas Aquinas as an "antidote?"

Yours truly,
Sr. Mary Josephine, OEM, SAE
Principal

11 posted on 01/08/2011 7:21:08 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (A pity Pinochet is still dead. He would have been ideal for 2012 ... or sooner.)
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