GRGR3: Discussion Opener for Section 3

[Craig Clark]

Murthy Yenamandra wrote:
 
>     Who needs an invisible hand when everyone refuses to see the
>     clearly visible one?

To which Andrew Dinn replied:
 
> Nice response all round but this line particularly struck me, summing
> up one of the most important aspects of GR - it's a (the?) book of
> revelation, except that which it reveals is all on the surface, plain
> for all to see. And it is only the pernicious and pervasive myth that
> there are depths below that surface (thank you Mr Plato) which
> confuses people - like someone trying to stick his hand through the
> mirror or walking round behind it and being astonished when Mirrorland
> disappears.

To which I will add a quote from _GR_ which I think is relevant (I 
manage to post this quote to the list nearly every week - I should perhaps 
include it in my sig):

"If  They can get you asking the wrong questions, They don't have to 
worry about answers".

Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"