PDA

View Full Version : 19th Century?

Lyons
06-29-2006, 11:37 AM
Was that actually when people learned that Earth was not the center of the universe?
Tony Bedard
06-29-2006, 02:36 PM
Wha-huh?

(Actually, wasn't it Copernicus back in the first half of the 1500s?)
Rev. F. David Swallow II
06-30-2006, 08:27 PM
He's refering to your story in Brave New World, which was a plesant surprise when i opened the book.
Tony Bedard
07-03-2006, 01:03 PM
Yeah, I only just now read the printed text. It originally said, “It seems like only yesterday, the people down there believed Earth was the center of the universe." but the dialogue got a last-minute adjustment for what I'm sure was a very good reason (no, seriously!).

Maybe I was getting the Monitor's "voice" wrong, or maybe 200 years to the Monitor is like 500 years to us, or maybe there's an upcoming Copernicus travels to 1806 story I don't know about. :rolleyes:

Anyhow, I really did know the heliocentric model predates the 19th century, so I'm officially blaming this anomaly on Booster Gold!