ASTR 20 Lecture 5: Astronomy_20_-_General_Astronomy_-_5
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On learned ignorance never be completely comprehended. Truth can neither be increased nor diminished and that intellect or reason can. The earth which cannot be the center must in some way be in motion. Absolute truth would seem to be unattainable in this view of the world and there is nothing special about the location of the earth. All the individual view of the way things work and the way things are is driven completely by bias. Says that our measurements of motion and air are not precise. Argued that every direction is relative and that the universe has its center everywhere this means that there can be no unique place in the universe. It is now evident that the earth really moves even though to us it is stationary. Wherever one stands in the universe, the same pattern of stars will be strewn out before them .
