I believe he understood that there was no privileged frame of reference and that one could imagine either the Earth or the Sun as a fixed point if one so chose That's literally what that means
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I'll actually take this further What people like this are mad about isn't truth, it's comfort Their sense of the world based on half understood textbook knowledge is very important to them and they don't want it disturbed by ideas they don't understand
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And given that it isn't practically relevant to them in any way - they learned these "facts" like "The Solar System Has Nine Planets" as a purely cultural artifact, a sort of pre-religion - it's honestly not an unreasonable ask If it doesn't matter, leave people be
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"This guy." That another funny assumption to add the list. Kind of a woke no-no too, isn't it?
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Nah I don't care
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