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Originally Posted by Robert Tulip
Every point may in some sense be a centre of the universe, but if we accept that perspective is important, those points which think and reflect accurately on the cosmos are thereby privileged as foci.
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agreed
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Originally Posted by Fortis
Does this differentiate between different groups of humans, i.e. that the perspectives of those humans who reflect less accurately on the cosmos, are in some way inferior and less important?
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not at all . we must still investigate our perspective but at the same-time be aware of our perspectives limits.
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You could go further. The truly privileged perspective is my own, as I have no idea what is observed by the other six billion people on this planet. This moves us on from a Geo-centric view to an ego-centric view.
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not really. fundamentally the moon is where it should be , within our Solar System , regardless of where any of the six billion people , on this planet are situated.
but really that does not get down to Roberts point at all . Robert is thinking , cosmos.
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Of course, it seems unlikely that the Earth is the only place that life exists in the universe. Indeed it is rather difficult to exclude the possibility that there are many other locations in this universe where lifeforms "think and reflect accurately on the cosmos". A lot of them may even do it better than we do. By your reasoning we should be using the brightest and best of these as "foci". That we don't know where they are is no excuse for ignoring them. Either way it means that the geocentric perspective isn't that privileged in the grand scheme of things, and we perhaps shouldn't go looking for deep meaning based upon it.
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exactly
but at the same-time . we can compensate for our place with-in the Universe by thinking 3D thus putting our imagination in anothers shoes so to speak .
not hard to do really.
for instance instead of looking from the shore looking out towards the lake or sea , picture your self looking from the lake or sea " towards " the shore .
sorry Robert I butted in here . I just couldn't help it !!! ( I hope I helped , if not opps !!! )
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