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Comment author: timtyler 06 September 2012 10:31:58AM *  3 points [-]

But the moment new observations occur, Copernicus says "Oval shaped orbits," while Ptolemy needs to explain why it never noticed the need for another epicycle.

That sounds like the "epicycles on epicycles" fallacy.

Comment author: Vaniver 07 September 2012 07:59:31PM 0 points [-]

It's circles all the way down!

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