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by ozim 1288 days ago
Couple hundred years ago people were still thinking that Earth is in the center of the universe :)

Ideas that survived is survivorship bias - everyday life just shifts around.
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LtWorf 1287 days ago
> Couple hundred years ago people were still thinking that Earth is in the center of the universe :)

They were? Were they educated people or just some random people?

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ozim 1287 days ago
Well just read up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus

Couple hundred years ago - this was up to 600 years ago - I was not saying about 100 or 200.

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LtWorf 1284 days ago
Well 200 is "a couple"
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