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Ancient humans really wanted Earth to be the center of the universe. Geocentrism wasn't a mistake. Ptolemy wasn't that far off from the truth. He just gave Earth too much importance.

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TIME CODES

00:00 Cold Open
00:42 History of Geocentrism
02:21 Retrograde Motion
03:52 Ptolemy's Epicycles
06:29 Geocentrism isn't the Problem
08:58 Sponsor Message
09:50 Outro
10:09 Featured Comment