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1995-05-02
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QUASAR is a text file entitled Quasars: Near Versus Far by Tom Van
Flandern (dated April, 1993). The author uses this text file to argue
the premise that Quasars, while ordinarily assumed to be objects far
towards the "edge" of the Universe are actually relatively nearby
objects. Evidence ordinarily used to prove their extreme distance
(large redshifts and others) may be interpreted to prove Quasar's
distance, but that that interpretation is not necessitated by the data.
He seeks to show that by the principle of Occam's Razor, the evidence
points to the nearness of Quasars. Interesting reading. Not convincing
to me, but well thought out, evidenced, and interesting. Having Quasars
"nearby" would certainly cause a paradigm shift in astrophysics!