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Originally posted by Crayfish
Unless the debunking article can itself be debunked there is no reason to take the claims of the OP at face value any more than that of the debunker. The difference is that our accepted belief that we live near a normal star in the Milky Way is the simplest and most likely truth.
Originally posted by Navieko
Great thread!
So if some of our neighboring planets are already feeling the effects, how far away are we?
Originally posted by GhostLancer
Originally posted by Crayfish
Unless the debunking article can itself be debunked there is no reason to take the claims of the OP at face value any more than that of the debunker. The difference is that our accepted belief that we live near a normal star in the Milky Way is the simplest and most likely truth.
Actually, our current *thoery* that we are part of the Milky Way galaxy is just that: a theory.
Originally posted by GhostLancer
Occam's Razor states that the simplest explanation is usually the best and the most accurate. That simply is not true in all cases. If Occam's Razor were to be applied to everything, then we wouldn't need detectives for criminal investigation.
Originally posted by Crayfish
I don't know about you but I like to hear both sides of a story before making my mind up about something.
Scientists have always wondered why the Milky Way is at an angle to us... until now.
Origianlly posted by Loose Change
Do you have any other sources that claims this is indeed factual, instead of conjecture?
Originally posted by CrayfishThat's quite correct. The point is that it is a theory with a lot more evidence to support it than this theory invented by a single magazine based upon the coincidence that our sun happens to be close to where one of the streams from the Sag Dwarf galaxy crosses our own. If we are from the Sag Dwarf galaxy how did we end up orbiting the centre of the Milky Way at 220 km/s with only 6km/s motion in the direction of the stream of stars from the Sag Dwarf galaxy?
Originally posted by CrayfishThis is exactly the point I'm making. Most people here taking the word of the attorney as fact and ignoring any detective work that has been done that criticises the case being presented.
Originally posted by CrayfishI don't know about you but I like to hear both sides of a story before making my mind up about something. Occams razor does apply here, and it tells us that the Sun is a native of the Milky Way.