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Epicycles weren't untrue, they're just an unnecessarily complex model that can be used to describe what picking a different point of reference can yield as a much simpler model. Not all heliocentric models got everything right just because they picked a simpler reference point for producing a model. Judge a model based on its accuracy, not its point of reference.
parent err4nt 24 days ago

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