Copernican Quotes
12 quotes by 11 authors
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A contact with an extraterrestrial civilization is the greatest challenge for mankind in the Third Millennium. We would finally realize that we are indeed not…
— Michael Hesemann
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I am not very impressed with theological arguments whatever they may be used to support. Such arguments have often been found unsatisfactory in the past.…
— Alan Turing
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The Copernican revolution brought about by Kant was, I think, the most important single turning point in the history of philosophy.
— Bryan Magee
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If we analyse the supernova data by assuming the Copernican principle is correct and get out something unphysical, I think we should start questioning the…
— George F. R. Ellis
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The Universe is populated by innumerable suns, innumerable earths, and perhaps, innumerable forms of life. That thought expresses the essence of the Copernican revolution. No…
— Robert Jastrow
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The Christians who engaged in infamous persecutions and shameful inquisitions were not evil men but misguided men. The churchmen who felt they had an edict…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Events and developments, such as ... the Copernican Revolution, ... occurred only because some thinkers either decided not to be bound by certain "obvious" methodological…
— Paul Feyerabend
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His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing... My surprise reached a…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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While the Copernican principle comes with no guarantees that it will forever guide us to cosmic truths, it's worked quite well so far: not only…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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She has to lose her pre-Copernican view of a universe revolving around herself.
— David Mitchell
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The next time you check your moves in the mirror and reflect on how special you are, consider that somewhere in this universe or in…
— Seth Shostak
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In the time of Galileo it was argued that the texts, 'And the sun stood still ... and hasted not to go down about a…
— Alan Turing
Who Wrote These Copernican Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 12 Copernican Quotes as follows: