I know what you’re going to say before you say it. That the earth revolves around the sun. But you’ve been listening to Copernicus for too long. Taking the ideas of Galileo too seriously. Think of it, a man named Galileo Galilei should be laughed out of any room. Would the theory of relativity be the same had it sprung from the mind of Einsteino Einsteini? How about gravity from the raw intellectual power of Newtono Newtoni? It strains credulity to have a person’s first and last name so close – too close for comfort.
I believe in centering our planet. Too many smart people have accepted our position in the solar system. That’s another thing, why is it a solar system? I don’t see the sun doing much of anything for half the day, while our blue orb is out here every second of every day working hard and getting little to no credit. In fact, it gets constantly criticized for things out of its control.
The sun has had plenty of time to run things – long enough, as far as I’m concerned. We gave it plenty of time to cool off and try something new. Yet it never adapts, it stays there, hot and bothered, spurning any who dare to even look at it. I can’t respect someone or something that won’t even let me take a healthy gander at it. What’s it so afraid of? I think it’s afraid of what we’ll find given the chance.
Nothing. Anyone who’s ever stared into an open flame has a good idea of the sun’s lack of purpose. But flames go out. Fires die down. Our sun is still hogging the reins with little to show for it. This is systemic failure of universal proporitions. I’m not only in favor of earth leading the charge. Any planet would be better off as the top dog. How about an orbital time share? Could such a thing work? There are hippie communes in Vermont that seem mildly functional, if a template is something you require.
Everything doesn’t revolve around us. But maybe it’s time it did.
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