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...... It is indeed easy to imagine how something so wrong could survive centuries but this is in effect the outcome of knowledge and the improvement thereof. In the same manner as the geocentric view existed for centuries, there is the possibility that decades or even centuries from now the heliocentric view of the solar system might be proven wrong. This could especially be possible if technology and science get even better, and prove the present belief. For now and with the currently available data and information the heliocentric view of the solar system is the accepted truth and fact. But unlike the transition from geocentric to heliocentric view, which became a sensationalized and rejected by the Catholic Church, in the 1500s, the possible future view will not suffer the same ridicule and dismissal by the powers that be then. People today are more accepting of newer ideas and innovations provided they are back by proofs and references. Further, like any other scientific findings it should be based on solid evidence, testable by others and the results of which will be constant despite the number of tests. Throughout most of recorded history, man believed that Earth was the

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