Mercury
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Mercury is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between July 28, 2022 and September 19, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “the perihelion of Mercury example”; “improper positioning of Mercury or whatever”; “improper positioning of Mercury”. It most often appears alongside 15th century Sicilian manuscript, 1970s World Bank initiatives in Lesotho, Agrimardio.
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- Category: Concepts
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: July 28, 2022
- Last seen: September 19, 2023
Appears In
- Highlights From The Comments On Criticism Of Criticism Of Criticism
- Book Review: The Alexander Romance
Related Pages
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- 15th century Sicilian manuscript (1 shared issues)
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- 1970s World Bank initiatives in Lesotho (1 shared issues)
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- Agrimardio (1 shared issues)
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- Aigeis (1 shared issues)
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- Alans (1 shared issues)
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- Alex (1 shared issues)
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- Alexander (1 shared issues)
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- Alexander Romance (1 shared issues)
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- Alexander the Great (1 shared issues)
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- Alexandria (1 shared issues)
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- Alfred (1 shared issues)
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- Amenhotep (1 shared issues)
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Source Context
Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
3: A surprising amount of discussion focused around the perihelion of Mercury example in particular! For example, archpawn writes (my emphasis):
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"It's insufficiently elegant" was how Einstein figured out the true theory. "Its estimate for the precession of the orbit of Mercury is off by forty arc-seconds per century" is just how Einstein was able to convince other scientists. Of course, outside of math and physics, looking for elegance won't get you very far.
This would have been enough for at least special relativity but once you get special relativity, general relativity is the logical next step in your investigations. I don't think the "no Mercury anomaly timeline changes by much.
Nectanebo then became the court doctor, advising Queen Olympias on when to give birth. As her labor began, he advised her not to push, because the astrological chart was less than perfectly ideal. For hours, the poor woman tried to hold it in, as Nectanebo became increasingly agitated about improper positioning of Mercury or whatever. Finally, Nectanebo cast the horoscope and found that the destiny of someone born at that exact moment would be to rule the world. He told Olympias to push, the baby came out immediately, and they named him Alexander.