Thinking About Geocentrism some more - Page 8

A Thousand Pardons · #**211** (**permalink**) 23-January-2005, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Astronomy

There is no context in general relativity other than to indicate that one might have a personal preference for some physical (or non-physical) reason.

That's just false. I even included some references before.

Astronomy · #**212** (**permalink**) 26-January-2005, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by A Thousand Pardons

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astronomy

There is no context in general relativity other than to indicate that one might have a personal preference for some physical (or non-physical) reason.

That's just false. I even included some references before.

Your reference was to my definition.

A Thousand Pardons · #**213** (**permalink**) 26-January-2005, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Astronomy

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Originally Posted by A Thousand Pardons

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Originally Posted by Astronomy

There is no context in general relativity other than to indicate that one might have a personal preference for some physical (or non-physical) reason.

That's just false. I even included some references before.

Your reference was to my definition.

No, my reference included quotes to MTW, and their use of "preferred" has absolutely no connotation of personal preference--that is, a preference for reasons outside of physics, such as ease of computation, or aesthetics.

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