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You can only exclude it on philosophical grounds. In my view there is absolutely nothing wrong in that. What I want to bring into the open is the fact that we are using philosophical criteria in choosing our models. A lot of cosmology tries to hide that.

George F. R. Ellis

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George F. R. Ellis
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: August 11
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Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
George Francis Rayner Ellis
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