(August 5, 2019 at 2:18 am)Grandizer Wrote:(August 5, 2019 at 2:10 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: The rules don't seem to mention anything about giving an intro post; perhaps such a rule has been misplaced elsewhere in the forum?
At one point, epicycles was the best explanation for planetary motion.
Yes, and it turned out to be wrong when scientists came up with better explanation ...
No, I'm sure it turned out to be wrong when it became inconsistent with observations. Theories are not disconfirmed by hotter theories.