Excellent article, Alf, I thoroughly agree - for most people, despite all evidence to the contrary, the Earth is still the centre of the Universe - it's as if they'll do anything to avoid seeing the true vast scale of things. The media seems determined to reinforce this delusions too. I just watched an episode of the middling quality show Resident Alien, in which the titular alien bragged that 'humans are stupid. They think the Universe is huge but actually it's tiny.' No explanation was given for this statement, but it's pretty clear it was yet more comfortable delusions!
Hello again, blasted auto correct kept changing 'delusion' singular to 'delusions' plural in my previous message!
Excellent article, Alf, I thoroughly agree - for most people, despite all evidence to the contrary, the Earth is still the centre of the Universe - it's as if they'll do anything to avoid seeing the true vast scale of things. The media seems determined to reinforce this delusions too. I just watched an episode of the middling quality show Resident Alien, in which the titular alien bragged that 'humans are stupid. They think the Universe is huge but actually it's tiny.' No explanation was given for this statement, but it's pretty clear it was yet more comfortable delusions!