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Old 07-May-2008, 11:31 PM
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And how do we know this?
See here for a discussion of supporting evidence:

cosmological principle

or do a thread search, or ask a question in Q&A, or read up on it.

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Among other things, apparently the idea that there is nothing special about our location in the universe is an assumption that cannot actually be tested at this point, and therefore is not a strictly scientific idea.
Define what you mean by "special," then present evidence that this is a "special" location.

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We can build theoretical structures on top of it as simply the best idea we have at the moment, but we shouldn't declare it to be proven scientific truth.
What is your definition of "proven scientific truth"?
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