Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.glorb.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 23:52:20 -0600 Message-ID: <565E8713.2002@ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:52:19 -0800 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.astronomy,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Where is the center of the universe? References: <54D7D8B6.20A9@ix.netcom.com> <1929728.aQylc7a8uv@PointedEars.de> <56554B77.DB7@ix.netcom.com> <2133158.n7sHMRbLUT@PointedEars.de> <5655F43B.1D21@ix.netcom.com> <3600492.jtiUJ5quDi@PointedEars.de> <10378141.8WiCee9jza@PointedEars.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 57 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.239.141.5 X-Trace: sv3-JnkHvuY90srigQOJFFW00Si7SZ+L26goqMH793+wSBYWYbFWnHhC5HPXMlAKLMiFQUt4LGaJd833Amp!0cxfq//17BCaXt+crFqdCjYR0ECvsru0i/iUkb78ec3LhjntedxSYye25hKpgsg4gwIT0qKXNZ+F!VYiCKYUxYg== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3676 Xref: csiph.com alt.astronomy:279631 sci.physics:536927 sci.physics.relativity:371276 rec.arts.sf.written:428140 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > > Greg Goss wrote: > > > Oddities in the orbit of Mercury led to speculation about an inner > > planet perturbing it. This hypothetical planet was generally called > > "Vulcan". > > […] > > Asimov did a short essay once on the idea that Vulcan was "cast out" > > by a stone (ein stein) and tied this somehow to Greek mythology in a > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > manner that I can't remember. > > Interesting :) The god Vulcan is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god > Hephaistos/Hephaestus, the “blacksmith of the Gods”. He was the inventor > among the Greek Gods who designed and had manufactured, among other things, > Zeus’ (Roman: Jupiter’s) lightnings, Helios’ (Sol’s) chariot, and Hermes’ > (Mercury’s) winged shoes. In one version, he was the child of Zeus and his > sister Hera (Juno), and had his workshop on Mount Olympus. In another one, > “he was Hera’s parthenogenous child, rejected by his mother because of his > deformity and thrown out [‘cast out’] of heaven [Olympus; the ed.] and down > to earth.” > > > > > But for once, it looks like SM got something right. Einstein proved > > that an inner planet (usually called Vulcan) didn't need to exist. > > They got it right insofar as that a planet named Vulcan was involved in the > history of general relativity. They got it completely wrong with regard to > a certain ficticious species with pointed ears, and to me. Now wait a minute here...Spock is from the planet Vulcan, and he's got pointed ears! Where am I wrong here?? There is only one planet Vulcan. Einstein destroyed the other planet Vulcan, that didn't even exist.. You see what science and science fiction does to kids...it distorts children's minds. And what is Science?....opinions! No truths, just opinions!!! opinion a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact That is what Science is...opinions! opinions and what is science fiction? the false illusion of scientific understanding.