Re: Re: VMs: Pleiades Occultation Further Date Refinement

["jan" <hurychj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Elmar, 


=======  You wrote: 
 >AIUI, Dennis implies that the items depicted in the 
VM 
aren't stars in the  sense of celestial bodies at all, but represent "patterns" 
you see during a fit  of migraine. (Or when being whacked over the head, or 
when 
rising quickly from  a clining position... you get the idea.)

One can  get the  headache just reading some comments here, and yes, they 
feel like "being whacked over the head" -  I consider that 
totally "ruggish" idea.
>
>In other word, the whole "Pleiades" discussion would be completely void.

Well, supposing we have a  complete study  by VM astronomers which  
confirms  it cannot be stars, then yes. But I haven't seen any serious study of it 
yet. Why?  Escaping into our migraines is not too productive  in the  meantime. The 
rule should be: if they  look  like stars then let's treat them like stars first  - Occam's 
razor, I  presume  - and only after utterly negative results we can resort to 
some sorts  of phantasy.  
>
>I find this an interesting thought, but of course it's difficult to reconcile 
>with images of the moon etc.

I agree, it seems that no migraine provides the moon images  yet - as far as I know. Let's be 
serious for a while.
 
Jan

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