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Originally Posted by hhEb09'1
I'm all for more coherence!  |
Yes, and what I am asking is how we can produce more coherence between physics and biology by recognizing the role of geocentric systems at their interface.
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Originally Posted by Celestial Mechanic
{Emphasis mine}Earth has produced nothing of the sort; its residents have produced such maps. And it is a safe bet that any life intelligent enough to study astronomy on other planets in other star systems will have produced their own maps with their own planet and star providing the reference frame. Nothing to see here, just an attempt to start another astrology thread. Move along! |
Human thought is a product of the evolution of the earth, and exists only on this planet within all the universe. Hence there is a logical sense in which maps are a product of planet earth, with scientists as the complex organisms who have evolved to perform this function.
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Originally Posted by hhEb09'1
Not only that, to the extent that they're geocentric, they're also sun-centric. To the extent that they are not both, they are not geocentric.
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True for star maps, but the paths of the planets along the zodiac sky map are geocentric and not sun-centric. Retrograde movement of planets is geocentric only.
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Originally Posted by Gillianren
If and only if you assume that there is only life on Earth. Since I see no reason to make such an assumption, any special nature of Earth rather falls by the wayside.
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The search for extra terrestrial intelligence has not yet found any. If life and intelligence exist elsewhere it seems rare. Hence there is a logical sense in which any complex planet and organism which produces sky maps can in this respect be considered a focal point in the cosmos, as a place from where the cosmos is measured.
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Originally Posted by Van Rijn
Life, by and large, doesn't care about your personal viewpoint.
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I console myself with a line from Buddha – dew drop slips into shining sea…