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Everybody believed it because of science. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_model#Ptolemaic_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_model#Ptolema
by Nadya 11y ago
Everybody believed it because of science.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_model#Ptolemaic_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_model#Ptolemaic_mod...
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The important takeaway:
"It has been determined, in fact, that the Copernican, Ptolemaic and even the Tychonic models provided identical results to identical inputs. They are computationally equivalent. It wasn't until Kepler demonstrated a physical observation that could show that the physical sun is directly involved in determining an orbit that a new model was required."
- crimsonalucard 11y agoTheories can change. That is the nature of science, peer review and new observations. When the science on heliocentricity was developed, religion tried to warp reality as we know it and shove Galileo under a rug. Inevitably, reality won out, but not without cost. See famous story below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair
- Nadya 11y agoYou're conflating the Catholic Church to cover all religions - as well as ignoring the politics behind the Galileo events. You also seem to believe that Galileo was the creator of the heliocentric model. Please see my other reply. [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9708703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9708703