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Hanshan · 1w
Don't be ridiculous. the turtle model doesn't explain the movement of the sun and planets. https://i.nostr.build/mJWRqAsF41CczbAQ.jpg
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In fairness to Aristotle & Ptolemy, their model can be patched with epicycles and eccentrics, and if you add gravity back in it can explain the inversion of constellations.

Its unwieldly and inelegant, but its only indefensible once you get to quantum effects.


Gaia the Space Turtle has no such theoretical problems, as her believers can adjust their reality to match their predictions :D
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Hanshan · 1w
How does adding gravity back in explain the inversion of the constellations? But I must concede that the space turtle is an extremely elegant solution to this problem.
YODL · 1w
Is that right? Is this analogous to doing physics in rotating reference frame? Heard something like that once. You end up having to include "illusions" like centrifugal force etc, but they can be made consistent