Ludwig Wittgenstein, arguably the Philosopher century XX, held at one point the following conversation with a friend:
Tell me, why do people always say it's natural for men to assume that the sun revolved around the Earth and not vice versa? "
Man " ," said the friend, is ovbio that, as we see it from here, it seems that the Sun is circling the Earth. "
"Okay ," replied the philosopher, "and how things would look if it appears that is the Earth that revolves around the sun?
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