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Thomas Jefferson for one. > "Gentlemen, I would rather believe that two Yankee professors would lie than believe that stones fall from heaven." http://www.met
by achates 3y ago
Thomas Jefferson for one.
> "Gentlemen, I would rather believe that two Yankee professors would lie than believe that stones fall from heaven."
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- defrost 3y agoAhhh, cheers for that. (EDIT: immediately followed by (in link provided): Whether Jefferson's quote is truth or myth, his belief real or an opportunity for a witty Virginian to take a shot at a two Yankees, is not known which undermines somewhat the claim that Jefferson held such a belief.) Leaves the question of whether that was a widespread belief. TBH it's the first I'd heard that anyone had ever not believed in rocks falling from the sky .. I'm 60 ish, have worked for decades in geophysics and read the original Scottish geologists, etc.