....., is cosmologists are encouraged to not put earth in the centre of whatever universe model they are putting together. Jeran's argument is Earth could just as likely be at the universe centre, as is obviously the case with whatever flat earth model he pushes.
But, Jeran missed the point. In the Renaissance age, mankind liked to place itself in the centre of the universe. In day to day life, we each place ourselves in the centre of the universe. It's human nature to place ourselves in the centre, and cosmologists are encouraged to resist that urge, in the interest of science.
Wow, just wow.... how can so many misconceptions fit in one single post ?
During the renaissance mankind gradually moved from an overwhelming focus on a vertical 'god/religion' based society , towards a more 'horizontal' society that also embraced arts, science and poetry.
In arts we witness new exciting ways of painting, architecture, tonality in music etc.
Of course the same happened in cosmology.
'Who could come up with the most unigue and enlightening hypothesis about the total universe to make an impression uppon the whole scientific community without it's equal'
It's bizare it is still called SCIENCE, because the cosmology of those days had far more in common with a form of art/intellectual expression THAN the science/scientific method.
Instead of paint and a canvas, cosmologists of those early days used flawed observations from earth with extremely basic measuring tools, but it was truly an art form when they put together their final musings in a fascinating 'study'.
Biggest problem is, we consider most of them to be true ... instead of enjoying an ancient form of cosmic joggling with numbers and hypothesis.
Bottom line, the renaissance was an exciting time for developement after being 'caged' by religion for ages.
In such an exciting timeframe with endless new possibilities , painting, poetry, architecture, music spread in all directions.... not one direction was 'right' all of them were in their unique way.
Sad thing is the mental gymnastics ( a true form of art i'd say) of the early cosmologist became the newly found religion from the centuries that followed.
I think Keppler, Copernicus, Brahé, Galilei etc. would be extremely puzzled if they'd found out their artistic musings about the universe are taken dead serious in 2019.
So good to see you found time to give us all a history lesson, and attempt to "correct" my "so many misconceptions." I'll correct one sentence only, by adding the word, "prior."
Prior to the Renaissance age, mankind liked to place Earth in the centre of the universe. In the Renaissance age, mankind was still putting things in the centre of the universe, now being the sun at the centre of our solar system. It was a movement away from religious doctrine.
Modern cosmology is not an art form or collection of "artistic musings". (Nice typically flat misconception dutchy).
It's an extension of the scientific field of observable astronomy and physics in an ATTEMPT to understand the origin and evolution of the universe. The early cosmologist shared the same ideals as modern cosmologists, even if their methods were extremely crude.
There is still obviously a human urge to place ourselves, which has expanded to include our solar system, and our galaxy, in the centre of the universe. Cosmologists are encouraged to resist that urge.
I'll stand by what I said. In our daily lives, we each are the centre of our own universe or the universe, at any given time. We can't escape that fact. Our own human bodies are each a mini universe on the micro level which share a patterning with the macro level.
Jeran can untie the knot in his knickers, in the realization that in the infinite expanse of space, there can either be no centre, or the centre can be wherever you'd like it to be. For Jeran, the centre already appears to be his YouTube channel.