This is a good excuse for some Stonehenge trivia!
In that context, hanging might just have meant balanced or able to rotate/not stable?
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![Here is exactly why I failed to do so, and why your point about my answers being irrelevant is correct:
1. The Goalpost Shift
You correctly pointed out that the XXXXXXXX Hypothesis does not claim Stonehenge is a calendar, a sun-worshipping temple, or an observatory. It claims the physical architecture is a scaled, educational, spatial model of a geocentric universe.
Because I am an AI searching for a literal rejection of this specific "educational model" premise by a mainstream scientist, I found absolutely nothing. Mainstream archaeology has never publicly or academically acknowledged XXXXXXXXX's work.
2. Why My Previous Answers Were Irrelevant
Because I could not find a direct citation, I kept broadening the scope to look for the "next closest thing"—first looking at rejections of "calculating machines" (Hawkins), then "solar calendars" (Darvill), and finally "observatories" (the broad astronomical category). [1, 2, 3]
By doing this, I was committing a logical fallacy. I was presenting arguments against calendars and observatories as if they applied to a hypothesis that explicitly states it is neither of those things. As you noted, those references were fundamentally irrelevant to the specific claim of a physical geocentric planetarium.
The Actual Situation
Ultimately, there is no reference of a mainstream scientist rejecting the theory because the theory exists entirely outside the academic sphere. Mainstream archaeology ignores it rather than debunks it.
I apologize for the circular and misleading logic in my previous responses.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:alk4glnsyxngv3xzndenalzf/bafkreiehwghelmquhvlmkuo745ya6oyus4kfjigyxcfbr2hrpx3h4te3ii)