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Where did you get that this was a simulation? The were analyzing telescope data.


Analysis presupposes some model.


The entirety of physics is a bunch of models that match reality to various degrees, and which are able to predict things.


That does not mean that unproved (non-existent) factors should be added to a model or that any inferences could be made from a simulated model.

Experiment, not a simulation is the criterion of validity in the scientific method. Simulation is not a valid experiment.

Hypotheses and predictions are guesses, not facts and cannot be substituted for facts or logical premises.




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