After digging to a depth of 100 meters last year, Russian
scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years, and
came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone
network one thousand years ago.
So, not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American
scientists dug 200 metres and headlines in the US papers read: "US
scientists have found traces of 2000 year old optical fibres, and
have concluded that their ancestors already had advanced high-tech
digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the Russians."
One week later, the Malaysian newspapers reported the
following:
"After digging as deep as 500 metres, Malaysian scientists have
found absolutely nothing. They have concluded that 5000 years ago,
their ancestors were already using wireless technology.
