Re: Reconsidering Halton Arp

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Robert J. Kolker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>>>The Greeks of Aristotle's time could make smooth inclined planes also.
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>> So?  The fact that, after the fact, we conceive the usefulness of such 
>> devices, does not mean, in ***any*** way that their relevance was 
>> obvious, apriori.
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>The question is not how obvious empirical verification is (in many 
>instances it is not) but how necessary it is.

Your inability to understand a simple statement is noted.

It is not an issue of how obvious empirical verification is but where 
to seek it.  For somebody familiar with Newtonian physics it is 
obvious that inclined planes may have something to do with the issues. 
But there is nothing obvious about it until you've a model.

> The Greek philosophers 
>along the Platon-Aristotle axis were disinclined to check.
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Already answered and refuted.  Repetition of previous statements 
completely ignoring what has been added to the discussion in the 
meantime is a good signal that the discussion is a waste of time.

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