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by H. N. Stone
Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:51 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD 02/08/2005
Replies: 3
Views: 5437

It could be anything. From a meteor to an asteroid. From a satelite to an alien craft. Possibilities are endless on what this image shows. Not much room for discussion.

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by H. N. Stone
Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:35 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Strange streak discussion: 2004 Dec 7 APOD
Replies: 2124
Views: 540280

Re: simplest truth

Newton's quantitative theory of gravitation, holding that the force of attraction between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, was exactly that. A theory. Even Albert Einstein proposed a whole new concept of ...
by H. N. Stone
Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:14 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Strange streak discussion: 2004 Dec 7 APOD
Replies: 2124
Views: 540280

Re: Lamp poster's bug

Chalk up another one for Occam's razor. Case closed. :wink: Interesting analogy, however I must remind you that if we followed Ockham's Razor all the time, we would never have evolved as a species nor continue to evolve. Science is, after all, the pursuit of truth. Six centuries ago everyone knew t...