Wolfe-influenced, if not Wolfe-esque (Gwern Branwen)

The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 11 Nov 2009
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/5511

Stephen Case11 Nov 2009, 22:19
Huh. I had never heard of a cloud nine . . . fascinating. No, I'm afraid the solution is much more mundane than that, very much along the lines of "invisible water". -Steve
Gwern Branwen11 Nov 2009, 23:30

↳ in reply to Stephen Case

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On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Stephen Case <scase at olivet.edu> wrote: Huh. I had never heard of a cloud nine . . . fascinating. No, I'm afraid the solution is much more mundane than that, very much along the lines of "invisible water". -Steve
I'm amused that you find cloud nines - basic physics & geometry - to be less mundane than magical invisible water conjured by wizards!
gwern

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