Since you invoked the "universe making sense", I'll explain this using an example created by man:
"The Space Shuttle Orbiter reentered the atmosphere at approximately Mach 25, making it the fastest aircraft ever flown."
The Mach 25 reentry is an empirically verifiable fact. But reasonable people can object to the above assertion on grounds that have nothing to do with that verifiable fact; what exactly constitutes an aircraft and what is the proper way to compare the speeds of aircraft? A reasonable person can assert that speed comparisons between aircraft must be made in level flight, making the shuttle orbiter ineligible for such a record. Some may also object to the characterization of the shuttle orbiter as an aircraft, or the implicit exclusion of other reentry vehicles which were even faster. The universe does not have any objectively correct definition of aircraft, or any objectively correct way to compare aircraft speeds. These are wholly subjective. It has nothing to do with people "wanting the universe to make sense."
Similarly, the universe does not hand us any objectively correct meaning of a planet's "neighbor". Nobody in this thread has disputed any objective empirical facts. The disagreement is solely around the subjective meaning of the ill defined term "neighbor". The disagreement is over pure semantics, not science.
"The Space Shuttle Orbiter reentered the atmosphere at approximately Mach 25, making it the fastest aircraft ever flown."
The Mach 25 reentry is an empirically verifiable fact. But reasonable people can object to the above assertion on grounds that have nothing to do with that verifiable fact; what exactly constitutes an aircraft and what is the proper way to compare the speeds of aircraft? A reasonable person can assert that speed comparisons between aircraft must be made in level flight, making the shuttle orbiter ineligible for such a record. Some may also object to the characterization of the shuttle orbiter as an aircraft, or the implicit exclusion of other reentry vehicles which were even faster. The universe does not have any objectively correct definition of aircraft, or any objectively correct way to compare aircraft speeds. These are wholly subjective. It has nothing to do with people "wanting the universe to make sense."
Similarly, the universe does not hand us any objectively correct meaning of a planet's "neighbor". Nobody in this thread has disputed any objective empirical facts. The disagreement is solely around the subjective meaning of the ill defined term "neighbor". The disagreement is over pure semantics, not science.