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The scientific method excludes these countless variables in favor of a direct linear understanding of a single phenomenon. We find the term “direct linear understanding” to be a cruel oxy-moron. True understanding can never be linear.

  To shift gears slightly, and deliver some solace to the scientific community, we owe much of our understanding of the celestial universe to the studied application of scientific rigor. We are grateful for the knowledge of the forces that intertwine to form the universe. Without the lovely narrative that science has composed for the incendiary birth of the universe and its subsequent spatial harmonies, the inspiration for this book may have been lost somewhere in a suburban asphalt disclosure.

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  One of the more fantastic pile shapes is the spiral. It's hard to manage a decent perspective of it from behind your desktop computer, but the very galaxy that we reside in is a perfect example of a spiral pile. All galaxies, in fact, regardless of shape, are piles. Dust, gas, light, energy and sometimes biology are all randomly aligned in unordered patterns within the embrace of galaxies. For these reasons, we will expend a few words tackling the concept of galaxy migration.

  The question of galaxy movement requires more math equations than we possess knowledge thereof. The universe is moving, constantly thrusting outward in all directions. Galaxies are passengers on this ride. They do not propel themselves, yet are propelled by the gravity and anti-gravity that permeates the

background of our lives. Like all piles, the motion of galaxies is determined by outside forces. This means that we, as inhabitants of a galaxy cannot act as manipulators of the galaxy in which we reside. This is not to say that we cannot alter the course of extra-galactic bodies.

  The key to unlocking the secrets of galaxy migration lie in the adjusting of perspective, something that is required of every sentient being every second of the day. Galaxies typically contain stars, some may contain planets, fewer still may contain women's volleyball and reality television. Having written that pointless sentence we may proceed to suppose that galaxies are slaves to gravity. All celestial bodies are involved in a highly choreographed gravitational dance. One galaxy's flight from the Big Bang is directly implicated by the trajectory of another. All matter, having been born from the same fires, maintains a helixically inscribed wave beneath its atomic structure. By jacking the coordinates of this wave it is a simple step to reprogram the navigational impulses of any galaxy.

  These theories, to date, remain untested. Capitalist funding ceilings on experimental wave transference have thus far stifled this field of research. As an example of the limiting linearity of capitalist thought, the science of wave transference doesn't even exist yet. If the the self-imposed restrictiveness and reductiveness of capitalism had not been apparent up to this point, surely the absence of such a fascinating branch of science will be the evidence to convince you.

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