Diana Manister wrote:
> 
> Dear CR:  I've heard world-renowned physicists on "Nova" express
> bewilderment as to how on earth Einstein came up with his General Theory,
> even as they now are amazed by Witten's development of M-theory. Einstein's
> and Witten's insights are so extra-rational that their source seems
> unfathomable.

Good GAwd almighty, comparing a totally unsupported (though interesting
and possibly fruitful) theory (string theory) with one of the
foundations of modern physics is utterly absurd. It begins to look like
the owner or this list ought to shut it down before it becomes any more
of an intellectual embarassment.

Carrol