We all know about the laws of physics and gravity and the like. We know that previous societies thought that the sun and stars revolved around the earth. We also however know about relativity and the position and speed of objects varies in relation to other objects. For example a car travelling at 30 mph would see another car travelling at 20mph in the same direction as travelling at 10mph.
There is a saying that very egoistic people think about themselves 'the world revolves around them'. Who says that this isn't true.
Try getting up and walking around the room. YOU are moving around the ROOM, correct? Try thinking that you are stationary - the center of the universe - and are pushing the room away from under your feet. That you are constantly located in the same position.
It's a strange thought, but there is no theory about the center of the universe, therefore there is nothing to disprove this theory. For all we know you sitting at your computer or mobile phone or whatever could be moving the universe as you take each step. For all we know gravity could be working in reverse. You could be moving the world, which the sun is revolving round, which the planets are revolving round, which the solar system is consequently affected by, which the whole universe is constantly affected by! You could argue the world is seen to be moving and revolving. But what's to say that the whole universe isn't moving and giving that impression.
Think about holding an object (for example a cup) on a table in place on top of a table cloth then pulling the table and the table cloth from underneath it. If you then asked the cup who was ignorant to the rest of the room (the universe) to relate its experiences it would say that IT moved along and off the table. You could think about us as human beings as that cup.
This also leads onto another thing. What is to say that you or me or anyone isn't the only properly thinking human in the world. We could each be on our own in the world, the people and events happening around us CREATED for us, made specifically for one person (yourself). You can never see into other people's minds to see if they think in the exact same way. Who is to say that any of the events in history (before we were born) actually happened. WE weren't there to SEE them or EXPERIENCE them, and until someone invents a time machine we never will.
Just a couple of things to get you thinking. Feel free to comment about your thoughts below :).
There is a saying that very egoistic people think about themselves 'the world revolves around them'. Who says that this isn't true.
Try getting up and walking around the room. YOU are moving around the ROOM, correct? Try thinking that you are stationary - the center of the universe - and are pushing the room away from under your feet. That you are constantly located in the same position.
It's a strange thought, but there is no theory about the center of the universe, therefore there is nothing to disprove this theory. For all we know you sitting at your computer or mobile phone or whatever could be moving the universe as you take each step. For all we know gravity could be working in reverse. You could be moving the world, which the sun is revolving round, which the planets are revolving round, which the solar system is consequently affected by, which the whole universe is constantly affected by! You could argue the world is seen to be moving and revolving. But what's to say that the whole universe isn't moving and giving that impression.
Think about holding an object (for example a cup) on a table in place on top of a table cloth then pulling the table and the table cloth from underneath it. If you then asked the cup who was ignorant to the rest of the room (the universe) to relate its experiences it would say that IT moved along and off the table. You could think about us as human beings as that cup.
This also leads onto another thing. What is to say that you or me or anyone isn't the only properly thinking human in the world. We could each be on our own in the world, the people and events happening around us CREATED for us, made specifically for one person (yourself). You can never see into other people's minds to see if they think in the exact same way. Who is to say that any of the events in history (before we were born) actually happened. WE weren't there to SEE them or EXPERIENCE them, and until someone invents a time machine we never will.
Just a couple of things to get you thinking. Feel free to comment about your thoughts below :).
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