Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 years agoI hate this image because idiots will see it, not understand what its showing, and make up some crazy shit based on it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down132
arrow-up1375arrow-down1imageI hate this image because idiots will see it, not understand what its showing, and make up some crazy shit based on it.lemmy.worldClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoWhy is it weirder to put the sun at the center than to put the earth at the center?
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 years agoWell if Earth is at the center than this is everything we can see in the observable galaxy from our viewpoint. Having it this way seems like out solar system is the center of it all
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·edit-22 years agoWe kind of had that discussion in the 16th century, really.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agothat was about the solar system though, not the observable universe
Why is it weirder to put the sun at the center than to put the earth at the center?
Well if Earth is at the center than this is everything we can see in the observable galaxy from our viewpoint. Having it this way seems like out solar system is the center of it all
We kind of had that discussion in the 16th century, really.
that was about the solar system though, not the observable universe