On Apr 27, 2:56*am, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply
wrote:
In article , "Robert L.


Note also that auto-ionization as the main source of free-floating
planets goes against your idea that most (all?) planets are not formed
together with stars.
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Can you detect the logical flaw in the above argument?

Hint: It appears that you assume that the pre-ionization system was
did not involve any form of capture at any point in its past history.

It is not easy to break free of old paradigms. They are deeply
ingrained in our thinking.

However, scientific progress depends on our effort to counteract
habitual thinking and the metamorphosis of assumptions into "fact".

Robert L. Oldershaw
Discrete Fractal Cosmology
http://www3.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw