Search For the Tomb of Copernicus Reaches an End

duh P3rf3ss3r writes "The Associated Press reports that after 200 years of speculation and investigation, the tomb of Nicolaus Copernicus has been found. Although the heliocentric concept had been suggested earlier, Copernicus is widely thought of as the father of the scientific theory of the heliocentric solar system. The positive identification was made by comparing the DNA from a skeleton's teeth with that from hairs in a book known to have belonged to Copernicus. A computer-generated facial reconstruction is said to also bear a resemblance to contemporary portraits of the scientist."

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Re:Always Jumping to Conclusions

[Anonymous Coward]

And I would simply posit that you are a unique frame of reference

I posit that everywhere is the center of the universe, especially the sentient parts of it.

If you're going to defend The Bible's creation story, I don't recommend Slashdot.

Discussion isn't defense. I only said that it doesn't state that the earth is the center of the universe. I doubt the ancient Jews/Muslims (both were the same then, descended from Abraham) even knew there WAS a universe. I'd posit that nobody BC had the slightest idea that those things in the night sky were big enough to walk on.

Go get your Bible, eat some squirrels and leave the intarweb alone.

Re:From TFA:

[Attila Dimedici]

The geocentric model was developed by the Ancient Greeks (Aristotle was a proponent). If many Anthropogenic Global Warming proponents had the same amount of political power as Galileo's rivals, they would do the same to those scientists who disagree with them.

Re:Center of the universe

[operagost]

Ah, this explains the "global warming" hysteria, then. The theory is being foisted on us not because it's true, but because it's useful for someone's agenda.

Re:Center of the universe

[treeves]

Wow. No reactions to this? I'd at least mod up as Interesting if I had points now.