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

Gwern Branwen · 11 Nov 2009, 23:30 · from 2009-November.txt.gz

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From: gwern0 at gmail.com (Gwern Branwen)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:30:01 -0500
Subject: (urth) Wolfe-influenced, if not Wolfe-esque (Gwern Branwen)
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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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