From: [log in to unmask] (Cathy Spude)
>To: [log in to unmask], Praetzellis <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Millennium? Schlemenium!
>
> Stephen Gould wrote, a few years back, a great article (in _Nature_,
> where else?) about the turn of the millennium. There he correctly
> pointed out that the 2nd millennium ends January 31, 2000 (on most
> people's calendars, Adriene's excepted). However, he also pointed out
> that it goes against intuition, and most people will be having a hell
> of a party on January 31, 1999, scientific arguments to the contrary.
> He concluded that those of us who "know better" should lighten up, go
> with the flow, and have a good time!
>
> So, Adrian, listen to Stephen Gould, and you can have your party after
> all! And Andrew can have two parties if he wants.
>
Anita Cohen-Williams
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Contributing Editor, Anthropology page, http://www.suite101.com
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