On 11/14/2019 4:20 PM, Alan Grayson wrote:
Newton is considered superior, not just because his theory was
more accurate, but because it had a universal application. The
greatest importance of Newton was that he broke the idea that the
heavens went by different rules than the Earth. So "truth" per se
is not the distinction. As Bill can tell you astronomers have no
problem with regarding the Earth as stationary and the Sun going
around it. But they use Newton's equations to determine how it
goes. It's convenience...not truth.
Bill's failing, as I recall, was the belief and insistence that he's
always right. No astronomer of sound mind would regard the Earth as
stationary and the Sun going around it. AG
Not at all. They do it all the time, because when it comes to aiming
your telescope you do it relative to the Earth, not the Sun.
Brent
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