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A Place for Life
Fernando J. Ballesterossubject
symbols.namesakePlanetNothingMediocrity principleExtraterrestrial lifePhilosophysymbolsCopernican principleLogical consequenceExoplanetEpistemologydescription
The belief in the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations starts from the so-called principle of mediocrity. This principle postulates that Earth is a normal planet that rotates around a normal star, which in turn is located in a normal galaxy. That is to say, there is nothing so special in our world as to make it unique. This is a logical conclusion, toward which we are guided by the successive “Copernican turns” that science has suffered throughout its long history, and which has removed us from the central position we once believed to occupy in the universe.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-01 |