(November 18, 2012 at 12:48 am)Stimbo Wrote: I made no strawmen. I responded to your assertion that the position of the Moon is perfect for conditions here on Earth; the size was not relevant to my point. I repeat: if the Moon's position is perfect, for us or at all, why should it be receding from Earth?A misunderstanding, I didn't say you made a straw man - Rhythm did it.
I repeat. The moon's placement is just right for us in the here and now. In 4 billion years it will no longer stabilise our axis as it presently does, but we won't be here so it doesn't matter, does it?
I repeat. All I said was that it's possible. In my mind it's no more likely then if it did form naturally.