The copernican principle is a statement of ignorance—it’s a caution against making up the claim that we’re at the center of the universe. This is to be distinguished from the positive knowledge that the universe is a uniform blob.
The copernican principle is a statement of ignorance—it’s a caution against making up the claim that we’re at the center of the universe. This is to be distinguished from the positive knowledge that the universe is a uniform blob.