Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The Fermi Paradox: Earth Orbits the Sun
The default view from the available evidence is that there are no detectable alien civilizations, and that they probably do not exist anywhere near us even on the galactic scale. This is essentially the entire Paradox because if we are not special and we are not the center of the universe, it should be absurd to approach contemplating the universe from that perspective. To shift back home to Earth, we can't continue that notion by pointing out that Earth does not actually orbit the Sun, nor does the Moon orbit Earth, and nor is the Sun in any way the center of our galaxy. How in play stuff is in the moment is based on its distance too.
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