On Dec 14, 2008, at 4:52 PM, John Thornton wrote:
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> However a person in say 1750 operated under the presumption that
> their eggs were indeed unfertilized if they owned several hens but
> no roosters. A practice apparently more common than you are aware.
> Why on earth would they believe otherwise?
Because a farmer with hens but no roosters would very quickly become a farmer with no chickens at all.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos