The Center of the Universe

Today I will answer the question, "Why did humans used to believe that the Earth is the center of the Universe?

Despite the obvious scientific beliefs of the time, there were other key reasons that led humans to believe that they were the center of the universe. The first and most important, being that all humans begin with, to some degree, an innate feeling of hubris, or extreme pride. Most of us will deny this aspect of our character, but it is there all the less. I can imagine that if you took away all the scientific knowledge that we have today, most of us would probably end up believing that everything revolves around the Earth. Even I can confess up to a bit of pride myself. I signed my name on my folder for Economics and Spanish as King Benjamin, and the fact that my blogger name is kingblogger1, is even more incriminating evidence that I am prideful. If you believe that you are a perfect person, why don't you take a little pride test to find out the truth? The first time you see a hobo, a drunkard, or some other low life character, compare yourself to that person. Do you think you are better than that person? Do you think yourself superior in any way, or smarter in any way. The answer is probably yes. In all reality though, that person was probably at one time a good, intelligent person, but was just faced with very difficult circumstances. Most of the time. Another way to test if you are prideful is to just see if you buy expensive clothes or jewlery. That is a sure sign that you are trying to look better than you are.

So, my point is that even though we no longer believe that the Earth is physically the center of the universe, we still have the mind set that we are the most important part of the universe. It is simply human nature.