I came across this the other day, in a very ancient (pre-1900) copy of "Boy's Own Paper". I thought it rather splendid -- and although it is not New Year's Eve (maybe in the Chinese calendar it is?) it's a nice reminder that we should always be prepared to ditch old ideas and take on new ones. All quite relevant to my earlier posts about Occam's Razor, Karl Popper and the matter of falsification in science.....
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