Could a spacefaring people preserve the idea that their world is the center of the universe?

Cosmology since Einstein makes it clear that it's not quite right to say one body in space "revolves around" another, right? Einstein wrote: "The two sentences, 'the sun is at rest and the earth moves,' or 'the sun moves and the earth is at rest,' would simply mean two different conventions concerning two different coordinate systems."

So: Could a scientifically sophisticated people develop space travel and an accurate cosmology etc while also preserving the notion that their planet was the center of the universe? What would their scientific milestones be?

posted about 6 years ago

David Berreby‭

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