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To: The Philosopher who wrote (3590)	1/8/2003 4:53:05 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

Actually, you are wrong. Even Ptolemy did not pretend that he was basing the geocentric hypothesis on inferences from observed data. He based it on Aristotelian metaphysics, and his understanding of the relation of the sublunar realm to the other spheres. It was widely known that the heliocentric hypothesis was plausible, in fact. In any event, we are in a far greater position to point to corroborative data, improved methodology, and so forth. A mere change of fashion is something that might readily change back. Some things are mere changes of fashion, some are not. In any case, I was not thinking of custom when I made the remark, but fact. It is not a change of fashion to locate the brain as the organ associated with sense and thought, it is a result of better investigation, and is well established. When they debated whether it was the brain or heart, it was speculative, and inadequately grounded.