Hay Phil, if Jupitr is the reason the sun is hot ( Disreguarding the Nuke
reaction going on in it's center ) then can he give a reason why there are
clouds of dust and gas that don't have planets and yet they are millions of
degrees hot?

Hay, maybe I could sell him my oil well in Hawaii?


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"Phil Wheeler" wrote in message
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granite stone wrote:
As the author of this article I don't regret what I said. In the
1920's scientist thought the universe was just the milky way
and all bright objects (other galaxies) were part of the milky way.
Can you believe it? Until Hubble proved that bright objects were far
away outside of the galaxy (1925), everyone did not know about galaxies
other than our own. So I don't see why I can not write here about why
the sun is hot or where magma comes from. I am well aware of Newton's
first law and if you know the mass of something you can work out the
energy. I stil think we should push the envelop and discover new
ideas. You are all stuck inside of a box.


New ideas are good, Jon. But even better are new ideas that conform with
physical reality.

The relative ignorance of astronomers 80 some years ago or whenever is
hardly a good reason to ignore what it known today.

There is more to study and learn now than ever before. Inventing
half-baked theories without endeavoring to understand today's knowledge is
hardly a path to greater enlightenment .. and, no surpise, will lead to
ridicule from those who have taken the time to achieve such understanding.

Phil