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   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   >> The universe is eternal and infinite, filled with solid aether so   
   >> fine that electrons glide through it with no resistance. The cores   
   >> of stars are very cold, containing permanent currents creating   
   >> large magnetic fields. Gravity is an electrostatic phenomenon.   
   >> Stars lose their hydrogen cover which becomes nebulae. Then regain   
   >> them after their dark cores reach nebulae, over trillion year   
   >> cycles.   
      
   People honestly believed some of these things a few hundred years ago,   
   and at the time there wasn't enough evidence either to confirm or refute   
   such conjectures. They could hold such beliefs without being laughed at.   
      
   I believe, though, that the proposition that the cores of stars are cold   
   is a genuine new addition to humanity's collection of stupid ideas. It's   
   just as implausible as the suggestion (easily disproved) that the   
   pressure is zero at the centre of the earth.   
      
   --   
   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
   Newcastle, NSW   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)