Russell McMahon wrote:
> Anything that rebuts dark matter but requires variable G as a function 
> of distance and time has got to keep the universe from becoming a 
> boring place. 

And makes great fodder for sci-fi!

> AT LEAST ONE of these theories is the equivalent of 
> epicyclic planetary orbits aka pre-Copernicus / Galileo / Kepler.

My favorite failed theory of all time!  Fourier synthesis without 
calculus!  So elegant.
-- 
Timothy J. Weber
http://timothyweber.org
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