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A Documentary About Geocentrism? Seriously?

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Tue, 2014-04-08 13:33

#1

Snuckles

A Documentary About Geocentrism? Seriously?

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Of all the wrongiest wrongs that ever wronged wrongness, Geocentrism is way up on the list. The idea that the Earth is the center of the Universe makes creationism look positively scientific in comparison. It might be edged out by people who think the Earth is flat, but just barely.

And yet somebody actually went out and made a “documentary” where, apparently, that is exactly what they’re trying to promote. It’s called The Principle, and it’s making the rounds on the ‘Net right now.

Read it [url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/04/08/the_principle_a_docu....

Tue, 2014-04-08 13:41

#2

cco

The sound you just heard is that of fifty thousand Trekkies crying out in unison that we were right about Janeway all along.

Tue, 2014-04-08 14:34

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Catchfire

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This world is just I can't even

Tue, 2014-04-08 14:37

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6079_Smith_W

The main force behind this is some weird Catholic group, near as I can tell. There have been a number of conferences about it. My question is whether they are pissed off more by the actual scientific question, or by the prevailing wisdom that Galileo's trial was a miscarriage of Justice and Rome was wrong?

Tue, 2014-04-08 14:57

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ygtbk

But do they believe in epicycles? Because that's where I personally have to bail.

Tue, 2014-04-08 15:33

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6079_Smith_W

ygtbk wrote:

But do they believe in epicycles? Because that's where I personally have to bail.

I think that was the only way they could make the nonsense sort of jive with what was actually being observed. So even before we get in to red shift, cepheid variables and everything else discovered in the past 100 years, yes, they have to believe in that.

Tue, 2014-04-08 16:04

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ygtbk

I looked at the trailer and I'm guessing "The Principle" is going to turn out to be either the Strong Anthropic Principle or the Weak Anthropic Principle. Add some religious woo and I think that might be it. Perhaps I'm being unfair.

Tue, 2014-04-08 16:17

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cco

I don't think you're being unfair. This is one in a slew of Dominionist movies to come out this year, though it's pushing the insanity a lot further than the rest.

Wed, 2014-04-09 02:08

#9

cco

Star Trek's Kate Mulgrew says she was tricked into narrating film that argues the Sun revolves around Earth

Wed, 2014-04-09 06:16

ygtbk

And here I was giving the movie maker the benefit of the doubt. Oh dear.

Wed, 2014-04-09 13:47

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Lawrence Krauss was hoodwinked, too, it would seem.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/04/08/lawrence_krauss_on_ending_up_in_the_geocentricism_documentary_the_principle.html