ANNIVERSARY
"January 17 th was the 300 th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, one of my very favorite dead people. Ben and I would have gotten along famously, but I planned my birth poorly.
You may not know that he was the one who assigned the "plus" and "minus" designations to the terminals of a battery, and that was what became accepted. The choice he made was backwards, since electricity flows from what he said was negative to what he said was positive, but in reality, it doesn't actually matter. A choice had to be made one way or another, and Ben had a 50/50 chance of getting it right. He lost….
Sigh."
Much more of course at the website for skeptics only. The Amazing Randi awaits.
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