On: A new experiment casts doubt on the leading theory...

[dexwiz]

Elegance is matter of perspective. Epicycles are a very elegant way to explain planetary orbits from a geocentric view point, but they are very wrong.

[LudwigNagasena → dexwiz]

Epicycles can’t be wrong per se, they can approximate any continuous movement. That is what makes it "curve fitting" and "inelegant".

[JKCalhoun → dexwiz]

I would agree epicycles are elegant — if they worked. :-)

[chopin → JKCalhoun]

They work. It's just an approximation series.

[JKCalhoun → chopin]

There goes the elegance though.