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The Geocentrism Challenge

Anyone else find this weird?

CAI will write a check for $1,000 to the first person who can prove that the earth revolves around the sun. (If you lose, then we ask that you make a donation to the apostolate of CAI). Obviously, we at CAI don’t think anyone CAN prove it, and thus we can offer such a generous reward. In fact, we may up the ante in the near future.

Read the full challenge here. Perhaps a signposts reader will win

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This entry was posted on Saturday, February 11th, 2006 at 6:14 pm by phil and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Responses to “The Geocentrism Challenge”

  1. 1
    Richard Hall Says:
    February 12th, 2006 at 6:24 pm

    It has to be a wind up, doesn’t it?

  2. 2
    phil Says:
    February 12th, 2006 at 6:38 pm

    I think so, Richard. But you can never be sure :)

  3. 3
    Richard Hall Says:
    February 12th, 2006 at 10:39 pm

    When I looked at the site, they do seem to be taking it very seriously. And not showing any sign of handing over the dosh.

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    Eric Says:
    February 13th, 2006 at 10:58 am

    The main question they have to answer is: Can it be proven, by direct and irrefutable scientific evidence, that the Heliocentric system is the ONLY viable system to understand the universe. I can safely tell you that the answer to that question is an unqualified NO, and thus I don’t make the “CAI $1000 Challenge” lightly. Even the more astute heliocentric physicists have admitted as much.

    The geocentric system is the best one for dealing with things on earth - we speak of the sun rising etc, and that is not considered incorrect.

    The heliocentric system is the one which makes the most sense when talking about the solar system. That doesn’t mean it’s the “only viable way to understand the universe”, it’s just the only viable way to understand the physics of the solar system. Weird that the CAI made the point by setting a such a challenge.

    If you’re considering a whole galaxy or more, a different frame of reference may be needed, and hypothetical aliens from elsewhere will criticize any solar system whose inhabitants think the galaxy revolves around it. And maybe the CAI will too.

    I gather that the Catholic hierarchy regards many of its public statements as compulsorily true (I can’t explain this well), and this is why they are making this point.