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the notion that others must be convinced before something can be truly considered proved is the fact that many things which have been proved are too difficult for many others to even understand, much less be convinced about. How would one go about convincing the average person who has difficulty with basic arithmetic that the principles of the calculus are correct?
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5. Robert Hutchins Goddard (1882-1945).
The first manned lunar landing was Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969 (Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr)
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6. If we are going to throw away every word that is misappropriated our entire language will be reduced to a handful of prepositions, conjunctions, and expletives, since there is hardly a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb that people do not misuse and abuse. How in the world do you explain to a child today what the gay '90s were or what a phobia is when anything anybody is opposed to on any grounds is called one.