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Mr. Thurman: If there is something of merit in your advice then please say it. It appears you mean nothing more than that what I am saying is obviously foolish and I will regret being held accountable for it. You do not yet know where this debate is going. I do. I will take it there at my own speed and in my own way. I anticipated and have written that progress is not possible until the foundations of mechanical theory and its philosophical interpretation are exposed for the artificial science they represent. That is what is happening first. That foundation begins with physics. Lets see what happens. In the meantime you may put this message and my name on billboards and I would be proud of it.

: -- James A. Putnam, author of newphysicstheory.com (posted 2/11, 5:30 p.m., U.S. Eastern time)

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