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- From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Science and god: Are they incompatible? If so, why?
- Message-ID: <1ecchpINNmoq@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 03:16:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.015509.27951@ra.msstate.edu>, jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce) writes:
- > Okay. How do either of you feel about the possibility that Red Shift is not
- >always an indicator of distance...
-
- It's NOT always an indicator of distance. In the vast majority of cases where
- we could get independent estimates of distances, however, degree of red shift
- is closely correlated with distance.
-
- >A certain person's 'peculiar galaxies...'
- >I can't remember his name off-hand. He wound up going to Europe as he couldn't
- >get telelscope time here in the US.
-
- I'm not familiar with the case in question. Could you (or maybe DM or one of
- the other AY types) give us more information on this? Or a reference?
-
- This looks like a good time to include my standard disclaimer:
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-