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Originally Posted by trth_skr
According to GR, we cannot distinguish between a geo or helio / acentric system.
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Not technically correct. GR considers the whole discussion as to what reference frame to use absurd. It doesn't say that you can't distinguish between the systems. Indeed, you can distinguish between the systems. For example, a geocentric solar system model looks very different from a heliocentric model.
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The forces require a different formulation, and the universe would need to be configured to support geocentrism, but this can not be ruled out by any evidence we have at this point.
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Geocentrism as a prefered frame fails the Ockham's Razor test wrt GR. This is because GR is simpler: it states simply that there is no preferred frame. Geocentrism states that there is, but offers no supporting scientific evidence to that effect.
There is also no evidence to rule out that any other given reference frame is the one you should choose as prefered. The principle of least astonishment states that when you have a general solution (no prefered reference frame) and an inifinity of particular solutions (an unsubstantiated claim of a prefered reference frame) then it is the former you chose rather than the latter.
Scientific evaulation requires evidence. Lack of evidence for a particular model is damaging to that model.