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> Aesthetics is the reason we thought the Earth was at the center of the universe Nope, that was hubris.
by golemotron 5y ago
> Aesthetics is the reason we thought the Earth was at the center of the universe
Nope, that was hubris.
- kilpikaarna 5y agoTo scholastic thinking it was the heliocentric view that was hubris, since it didn't place the Earth at the lowest level of creation where it belonged.
- golemotron 5y agoThat makes sense. Hubris is always what the other person does.
- enkid 5y agoHubris that what humans consider aesthetic is somehow important to the Universe.
- golemotron 5y agoDon't neglect the fact that aesthetic sense is evolved. To the degree that our perception has connection with reality we'll probably find spheres beautiful because they manifest an elemental mathematical relation that is ubiquitous in nature.