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Elegance is matter of perspective. Epicycles are a very elegant way to explain planetary orbits from a geocentric view point, but they are very wrong.
by dexwiz 3y ago
Elegance is matter of perspective. Epicycles are a very elegant way to explain planetary orbits from a geocentric view point, but they are very wrong.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoI would agree epicycles are elegant — if they worked. :-)
- LudwigNagasena 3y agoEpicycles can’t be wrong per se, they can approximate any continuous movement. That is what makes it "curve fitting" and "inelegant".