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Originally Posted by Disinfo Agent
Why would you feel inclined to think that? No one here has claimed it!  |
A fair point, I suppose. I think it is implied because of the many times the term nebula has been explained by Kant as being stars.
Also, though
elsewhere, Kant is credited for this.
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Originally Posted by article
..he set out his revolutionary claims that the Milky Way was an optical effect due to our location within a large disk of stars...
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The two claims seem to go hand-in-hand. Indeed, the second half of their sentence states...
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...and that the fuzzy patches known as nebulas were, in reality, other Milky Ways (external galaxies).
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If so, it is not be intent.