76. The Copernican Principle | THUNK

The Copernican Principle uses the idea that we aren't the center of the cosmos as a guideline for...everything! Learn an interesting method for estimating the remaining lifespan of just about anything!

[em]

Man these videos are seriously thought provoking. Thanks so much for making these. I'm always so excited to see you've uploaded a new video!

[DanielleAbigail]

Realizing that an idea I thought was unique to me is actually centuries old is a fitting outcome of this episode I would say :) Good one (as usual)

[ToadJimmy]

One of my favorite principles. =) The mediocrity principle is similar, but more general.
Copernican: ~ "You are not the center of it all."
Mediocrity: ~"You are not hugely different from the rest of it all."

[PetersonSilva]

I LOVED LOVED LOVED LOVED the Donnie Darko reference!! SO AWESOME!!

That lifespan estimation thing is stupid, though.

[JustinBoden]

'Still required the use of epicycles' implies Ptolemy's system used them, which it didn't. It used eccentric circles, which were an inaccurate approximation of the elliptical orbits, but were still not the concentric circles that Copernicus preferred for aesthetic reasons.

[StephenJonesDXCIRCUITS]

Speculation, conjecture, possibilities. Absolutely (ZERO) proof!