To Goanet - April 16, 2008: Panaji, Goa In a stunning Nobel Prize-winning discovery, it has now been established that there are 6 billion Goans on our planet. This startling discovery made by Dr. Rebello was published today in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, The Navhind Times.
Dr. Rebello proposed his novel taxonomy where the world is divided into Goans and anti-Goans. Following this premise, and adding in the factoid that the planet's total population is 6 billion people, he introduced the mathematical epsilon to represent the number of people who are against Goa and Goans, or "anti-Goans" in his terminology. Then came the Einsteinian masterstroke. Dr. Rebello's crucial insight was to recognize that infinity (a large number) minus epsilon (a relatively small number) is still infinity. Therefore, he argued - 6 billion Goans - epsilon anti-Goans = 6 billion Goans. QED. This fantabulous cockamamie theory has received rave reviews from Dr. Rebello's #1 fan, the valiant, forthright and amazingly farsighted Chief Minister of Goa. Warm regards, r
