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MyshkinCommaPrince

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19. Okay, good.

Reply to RagAss (Reply #18)

Sat Jul 20, 2013, 09:40 PM

Jul 2013

I was ready to panic. I'm always halfway prepared to believe that everything I've ever thought I knew was just dead wrong. It's happened to me before.

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Astronomical distances, light speed, and uncertainty [View all] MyshkinCommaPrince Jul 2013 OP

I think you are on the right track - as an astronomy buff for years, it struck me very young NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #1

Even if you have had astronomy and physics it's mind bending. longship Jul 2013 #2

Yes, the expansion of space MyshkinCommaPrince Jul 2013 #3

Well, a couple of assumptions help. longship Jul 2013 #4

I don't think the concept is being 'ignored' so to speak... Wounded Bear Jul 2013 #5

Aha. MyshkinCommaPrince Jul 2013 #8

He may have brought it up in his 'Cosmos' series... Wounded Bear Jul 2013 #9

So we can be reasonably certain MyshkinCommaPrince Jul 2013 #6

"Can anyone shed light on the matter for me?" Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #7

oh, I see what you did there... progressoid Jul 2013 #12

...if there's space. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #13

Distance Measurement in Astronomy DreamGypsy Jul 2013 #10

That does help. Thank you. MyshkinCommaPrince Jul 2013 #11

You are right and you are wrong.... RagAss Jul 2013 #14

So, umm. MyshkinCommaPrince Jul 2013 #15

I think we understand time very well. RagAss Jul 2013 #16

I may very well have misunderstood what I've read. MyshkinCommaPrince Jul 2013 #17

Science doesn't need to bother itself with such considerations. RagAss Jul 2013 #18

Okay, good. MyshkinCommaPrince Jul 2013 #19