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To: donh
If I look outdoors, it's painfully obvious that the sun circles the earth, if I only restrict myself to tangible evidence.

Yes, if by that you mean naked-eye evidence. But if you use enhanced sensory equipment (a telescope) you can see evidence to the contrary.

286 posted on 06/12/2003 12:41:38 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: PatrickHenry
Yes, if by that you mean naked-eye evidence. But if you use enhanced sensory equipment (a telescope) you can see evidence to the contrary.

Which, at first blush, makes me think some of the planets are traveling in hypercycloids. Furthermore, if you obstreperously continue to disagree with me, I'll put you under house arrest and put your book on the excommunicate list. Obviously, the sun still travels around the earth, even with a telescope in hand. It is not until you are willing to entertain invisible entities like Kepler's laws of motion that you can "see" the earth going around the sun, I aver.

288 posted on 06/12/2003 12:47:08 PM PDT by donh (u)
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