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#177917 07/03/08 04:44 PM
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I know it as well as my own name, which at my advanced age I'm also not sure of sometimes. It means fostering or provoking further inquiry or research and possibly it's derived from some fellow of historical significance

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Instigating?

The Pook #177942 07/04/08 03:04 PM
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Pook thanks but no. The word might be used, for instance, to describe a novel explanation for a commonplace phenomenon and stated in such a way as to stimulate one's thinking


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Well, I know it couldn't be "pique"...

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 Originally Posted By: dalehileman
The word might be used, for instance, to describe a novel explanation for a commonplace phenomenon and stated in such a way as to stimulate one's thinking
The worst part of your request for me is find a commonplace phenomenen.

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this probly isn't it, but it sure fits the bill:

galvanize, fr. the name of Luigi Galvani

-joe (I'm shocked) friday

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How does one find out what the topic of discussion is here?


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 Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
How does one find out what the topic of discussion is here?


If you're talking about this particular thread, your guess is as good as anyone else's. And I include dalehileman in that anyone else.

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Why don't you try this Dale?


I've always wanted to do that. \:\)

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So far I've tried with regard to Buckminster Fuller and Leonardo da Vinci, unsuccessfully, hardly exhausting all conceivable possibilites.

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