[Avodah] Geocentrism

[Chesky Salomon]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> IOW, geocentrism is just as true in principle, but a way of looking at
> reality that makes computing anything much harder.

Another way of making this point is at <http://xkcd.com/123/>.

A similar "frum" view of heliocentrism is as old as the theory.  The
publisher of Copernicus's book added a disclaimer, saying, "they are
not put forward to convince anyone that they are true, but merely to
provide a reliable basis for computation."

See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium>

--Chesky