How Many Angels Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? (Entry 603.RV0511)

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In which scholasticism gets roasted for its obsession with thorny, possibly pointless theological questions, and John explains the difference between escalator angels and hobo angels. Certificate #39095.

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0:00.0	We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.
0:07.0	We are receiving this message.
0:11.0	We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.
0:21.0	Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this
0:25.5	monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.
0:28.8	These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.
0:35.0	So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,
0:41.0	this is our legacy to you.
0:43.0	This is our time capsule.
0:45.0	This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 603. RV 0511, certificate number 3 9095.
1:24.0	How many angels can.
1:35.0	How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
1:41.0	Six.
1:42.0	Six.
1:43.0	Five can dance on the head of a pin?
1:45.0	I'm going to say six.
1:46.0	Final answer.
1:47.0	No.
1:48.0	Angels are any size they want to be because they're magic and so there could be a million billion.
1:54.0	All right well I guess we know that's the answer.
1:56.0	Or there could be one big angel.
1:59.0	Already an angel has to be small just to dance by itself on the head of a pin.
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