Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 259 | My astonishment View more quotes about must">must have been obvious. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 256 | "Actually," said my father, "there is evidence of the existence of the Counter-Earth". |
| 2 | 257 | I looked at him. |
| 2 | 258 | "Certain natural signals in the radio band of the spectrum," said my father. |
| 2 | 259 | My astonishment must have been obvious. |
| 2 | 260 | "Yes," he said, "but since the hypothesis of another world is regarded as so incredible, this evidence has been interpreted to accord with other theories; sometimes even imperfections in instrumentation have been supposed rather than admit the presence of another world in our solar system". |
| 2 | 261 | "But why would this evidence not be understood?" I asked. |
| 2 | 262 | "Surely you know," he laughed, "one must distinguish between the data to be interpreted and the interpretation of the data, and one chooses, normally, the interpretation that preserves as much as possible of the old world view, and, in the thinking of the Earth, there is no place for Gor, its true sister planet, the Counter-Earth". |
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"Actually," said my father, "there is evidence of the existence of the Counter-Earth".
I looked at him.
"Certain natural signals in the radio band of the spectrum," said my father.
My astonishment must have been obvious.
"Yes," he said, "but since the hypothesis of another world is regarded as so incredible, this evidence has been interpreted to accord with other theories; sometimes even imperfections in instrumentation have been supposed rather than admit the presence of another world in our solar system".
"But why would this evidence not be understood?" I asked.
"Surely you know," he laughed, "one must distinguish between the data to be interpreted and the interpretation of the data, and one chooses, normally, the interpretation that preserves as much as possible of the old world view, and, in the thinking of the Earth, there is no place for Gor, its true sister planet, the Counter-Earth".
- (Tarnsman of Gor)